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The Tawny-edged Skipper butterfly is in the Lepidoptera family (butterflies and moths). Skippers were once thought to be a third category that was a bit of both – butterfly and moth. Experts now agree...

Bog Copper butterflies are found exclusively in bogs where wild cranberry, their host plant, grows. Bog coppers will spend their entire lives in a single acid bog. They are important pollinators of both...

The Harris’ Checkerspot butterfly's larval host plant is a singular plant species, the Flat-topped Aster (Aster umbellatus). The Harris' Checkerspot butterfly is never far from where its host plant grows....

Mourning Cloaks may be the longest-lived butterflies, living 10 – 12 months. Mourning Cloak butterflies overwinter as adults. They find shelter for the winter in tree crevices, log piles, leaf litter,...

The White Admiral butterfly is one of many species that rarely visit flowers for nutrition. The White Admiral butterfly seldom drinks nectar, instead, it drinks the liquid from carrion, dung and decaying...

The Red Admiral butterfly is a migratory species like the Monarch butterfly. It is a large butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is a common butterfly that you can attract to your garden by having the...