Butterflies, Moths & Skippers

Exploring Nature, May 2025

Exploring Nature, May 2025

May 1, 2025

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Visit vernal pools and listen to the various species of frogs and toads. Watch their vocal sacs. Look for tadpoles developing. Take a wildflower hike and...

Christmas Decorations That Keep Giving

Christmas Decorations That Keep Giving

Dec 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Dana Atkinson. Grandma got more than she bargained for when she brought in some greenery for Christmas. You might get some surprises too if you...

Favorite Focus, October 2024

Favorite Focus, October 2024

Oct 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive A few days ago I saw a clearwing hummingbird moth on our butterfly bush. I took a bunch of photos. This is my favorite one. Photo © Joshua Lloyd. As I...

You Can Draw a Luna Moth

You Can Draw a Luna Moth

Jul 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Outside on a warm summer night in eastern United States, a large light green moth flutters softly past you in the moonlight. You have just encountered the...

My Blue and Black Tale

My Blue and Black Tale

May 1, 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive My schoolteacher had explained to us that swallowtail butterfly caterpillars like carrot plants. Since I had a row of carrots in my garden, I thought I’d...