Use Twitter Search to Track the Monarch Butterfly Migration in Real Time and Get Live Updates from the Field
Is there an app for that? Track the Monarch butterfly migration in real time by using Twitter search. Here's how to do it.
Is there an app for that? Track the Monarch butterfly migration in real time by using Twitter search. Here's how to do it.
Monarch Watch founder Dr. Chip Taylor calls Texas "hell" for migrating Monarch butterflies on their way to Mexico. Historic drought has dried up rivers, streams and made nectar sources, the butterflies' fuel, scarce. Taylor provides a population status report and some tips for how Texas butterfly fans can help.
The drought continues, but recent rains in the Texas Hill Country resuscitate Llano River blooms, resulting in welcoming nectar stops for migrating Monarch butterflies. The timing might be just right for a robust Monarch butterfly migration.
A Monarch walk, a caterpillar crawl, storytime, butterfly plant tour and gardening tips--it's all at the San Antonio Botanical Garden's opening weekend celebration of Amazing Butterflies. Come join me and other butterfly ambassadors and find your way through the Nature maze to learn the whole life cycle.
First-of-season Monarch butterflies sighted on the Llano River in the Texas Hill Country. With little nectar, drought ravaged roosts, and wildfires across the landscape, Monarchs will find a less-than-welcoming rest stop when they hit Central and South Texas in October.
Queen butterflies and Monarch butterflies share beauty, charm and gorgeous chrysalises as endearing traits. That said, it's often hard to tell the difference between the two. here's some tips on distinguishing these butterfly beauties from each other.
In the butterfly garden Jimsonweed works overtime with gorgeous white trumpet flowers, lush large leaves, spiny unusual seedballs and fascinating sphinx moth caterpillars. Oh, and it's easy-to-grow and drought and heat resistant.
What's in store for Texas' Monarch butterfly migration this year? The outlook is grim, with drought, fires, and herbicide tolerant crops making for a challenging season and lower numbers. Still, Monarchs MUST fly through Texas to get to Mexico. Which route will they choose--Hill Country or the Coast?
Monday morning pollinator porn: this sensuous time-lapse, close-up cinematography of the "love story that feeds the Earth" should help get your week off on the right foot. Renown filmmaker Louie Schwartzenberg's "Wings of Life" reveals hidden beauty of pollination
Monarch Watch's citizen scientist Monarch butterfly tagging program turns twenty this fall. More than one million butterflies have been tagged. WHY do we tag them? Read on to find out.