Image via Depositphotos Before diving into the best plants to grow, it’s beneficial to understand what butterflies need to thrive. A successful butterfly garden has two main components: nectar plants ...

Coonties form lovely arching clusters of glossy fern-like foliage and are the host plants for the rare and stunning atala butterfly. Shearing them is absurd. I appreciate the fact that we must ...

They lay clusters of eggs on the pine needles and so the process begins. There are 5 instars or growth stages (see above image) to these caterpillars, where they gorge on pine needles, shed their ...