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Here's a photograph (not mine) of a Polistes diminula colony living inside an ornamental butterfly house. It's from Baker and Potter's excellent article titled, "Invasive paper wasp turns urban pollinator gardens into ecological traps for monarch butterfly larvae." #monarchs #butterflies #wasps https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-66621-6

"Eastern Monarch Butterfly’s Comeback Shows 64% Population Increase in Mexico"
#Mexico #Butterflies #Insects

Eastern Monarch Butterfly's Comeback Shows 64% Population Increase in Mexico | Happy Eco News
The eastern monarch butterfly's comeback, with populations increasing by 64% in Mexico, offers cautious hope for the species.

PSA: Wood boxes with slits that are marketed as "butterfly houses" are purely decorative. Multiple studies have confirmed that butterflies never use them. But paper wasps (Polistes) do, which is not great for butterfly populations because these wasps hunt caterpillars. Plus they sting, so not great for humans walking by. #butterflies #scam #insects #nature #garden #lepidoptera #wasps

"British swallowtail split from European cousins much earlier than thought, study finds"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Butterflies

British swallowtail split from European cousins much earlier than thought, study finds
Finding that Norfolk butterfly has been distinct subspecies for 200,000 years could transform conservation approach

Schmetterlinge machen Schmetterlinge-Dinge.
(erotischer wirds heute nicht mehr.)
#butterfly #butterflies

"Britain’s favourite butterfly revealed – and it’s a familiar backyard beauty"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Butterflies #Insects

If you grow milkweed to support monarch butterflies, spring is the time to pot up all those volunteers in your yard and to gift them to neighbors without asking them whether they want them. #monarchs #butterflies #milkweed #asclepias #plants #flowers #gardening #garden #pollinators

This is horrifying. I think only Connecticut has banned automated pesticide fogging systems. #pesticides #mosquitoes #butterflies #bees #pyrethroids #insects