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Bordered Patch caterpillars, Cowpen Daisies, and 362 San Antonio pollinator...
Recent rains and a campaign to get Cowpen Daisies into area gardens as San Antonio’s “unofficial” pollinator plant of the year appear to have spawned an early crop of Bordered Patch butterfly...
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Here’s what to do with late season butterflies: Let them be
The question of what to do with late season butterflies can be problematic. Should we bring them inside or let Nature take her course? The question arises frequently in late fall, when temperatures...
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San Antonio, the nation’s first Monarch Butterfly Champion City, named a Bird...
The nation’s first Monarch Butterfly Champion City got a friendly neighbor in the recognition department last week when Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and Audubon Texas certified San Antonio as...
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Yo soy Mariposista! Butterfly Advocates Unite as Lepsters, MOTH-ers and...
On a recent trip to Huatulco, Mexico, I was invited by the local guiding association to talk about the hobby of “butterflying.” My Spanish is pretty decent since my husband and I lived in Costa Rica...
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And the winner of the Fiesta 2016 butterfly medal contest is…
Voting started slowly, but built to a crescendo of more than 400 likes, comments, tweets and clicks on behalf of your favorite Fiesta 2016 butterfly medal. And the winner is…. SAWS, San Antonio Water...
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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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Move over Monarch butterflies, Painted ladies are coming to town
While we wait for Monarch butterflies to make their seasonal pass through town, another long distance butterfly migrant is making its presence known in large numbers along the IH35 corridor: Vanessa...
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San Antonio Zoo to celebrate third annual Monarch Fest this weekend
The San Antonio Zoo will stage its third annual Monarch Fest this weekend, March 3 and 4. The event celebrates San Antonio’s status as the nation’s first Monarch Champion City so designated by the...
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300for300 update: pollinator habitat yard signs in, 223 gardens to goal
In April, the Texas Butterfly Ranch announced a plan to create 300 new pollinator garden habitats for San Antonio’s 300th birthday. Since, we’ve been working with community collaborators to reach our...
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Ten years later, the classic “Flight of the Butterflies” to screen at the...
The classic IMAX film, “Flight of the Butterflies,” returns for public viewing at the Witte Museum in San Antonio this Saturday, October 15, as part of the 7th annual Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator...
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