Butterflies

The king of the butterflies needs your help.   Our population of Danaus plexippus, better known as the monarch butterfly, has suffered in recent years. Once their highly recognizable wings of orange, black and white were plentiful, drifting over our gardens and in our parks for most of the spring and summer. The monarch comes to Northern Arizona to feed on milkweed and nectar flowers and lay their eggs prior to joining the great migration in the fall. But habitat loss, herbicides … [Read more...] about Helping Butterflies and Other Pollinators