Tag: butterflies
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Echinacea & Bergamot: Early Summer Pollinator Blooms
The Trailhead Lace up your hiking boots and step off the paved path! Welcome back to Follow the Bloom Trail, a series where we use nature’s seasonal calendar to find and identify Kentucky’s amazing bees and butterflies. Three times a season we head into the wildscapes of our local nature preserves and natural areas. Today,…
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Monarch vs Viceroy Butterfly Comparison Guide
A Monarch finds nectar in Milkweed tubular mid-summer blooms. It mimics a Viceroy, except the wing perimeter has a double row of white dots.
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Meadow Fritillary: Gliding through the Grass
Meadow Fritillary spotting places to lay eggs amongst the shot grasses found in early-spring.
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Mourning Cloak: First Butterfly of Spring
A Mourning Cloak butterfly finds water to drink inside damp rock crevices. Discovering water is an essential task after emerging in early spring.