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2013's Top Posts: Moths, Monarch Decline, How to Raise Butterflies, Move a...
We close out 2013 as a banner year at the Texas Butterfly Ranch. 2013 marked our third year covering the life cycle of butterflies, moths and the plants that sustain them. We published 35 posts this...
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How to Raise Eastern Swallowtail Butterflies at Home
Monarch butterflies get all the press, but the Eastern or Black Swallowtail, Papillio polyxenes, a large blue, black and gold and cream-specked beauty, flies in our neck of the world from April through...
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Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterflies Everywhere: Here's How to Raise Them at...
Monarchs generally make headlines, but the Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillar and butterfly also merit attention. Especially in this mild, wet year. Frequently confused in the late caterpillar...
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Butterfly FAQ: How to move a Monarch butterfly chrysalis
One of the most frequently asked questions we get this time of year, especially in a rebound season like 2015, is how to move a Monarch chrysalis. Janine Robin wrote via email last week that she found...
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How to tag a Monarch butterfly in six easy steps
NOTE: The following post ran in September of 2012, but warrants reposting today. Happy tagging! One of the most common questions we get at the Texas Butterfly Ranch is how the heck do you tag a...
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Weather extremes create quandary: what to do with late season butterflies?
The first week of 2017 can be likened to the worst of a bad relationship, vacillating between hot and cold so drastically we’re left perplexed. What to wear–sweater and long johns or shorts and a...
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Monarch Champions: San Antonio elected officials submit to butterfly's charms
It doesn’t get much better for a butterfly evangelist than to have hometown elected officials raise Monarch caterpillars at City Hall. That’s what happened less than a year after the National Wildlife...
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Cowpen Daisy: how to grow Verbesina encelioides from seed
Like many members of the sunflower family, Cowpen Daisy, Verbesina encelioides, germinates easily from seed. Sometimes called Butter Daisy or Golden Crownbeard, Cowpen Daisy is sometimes included in...
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Author, naturalist David Mizejewski to appear at Monarch Butterfly and...
Natural Wildlife Federation author and naturalist David Mizejewski will appear at the 2019 Monarch Butterfly Festival on Sunday, October 20, to discuss and sign his book, the second edition of...
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Celebrate the Winter Solstice with Seedballs this Saturday
This Saturday at 11:11 AM, the sun will move directly over the Tropic of Capricorn and we’ll experience the official start of winter–the December solstice. The sun will set on Saturday at 5:40 PM,...
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