🌎🔎 TEST YOUR NATURE KNOWLEDGE! 🌿🦋🌾
This week we explored a colorful prairie wildflower, discovered two small but fascinating butterflies, and learned why a patch of native grass is much more than just grass. How much
September 2026
🌸🦋 BUZZ & BLOOM: Purple Poppy Mallow & Gray Hairstreak
What happens when a beautiful native wildflower provides more than just a meal? Meet Purple Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe involucrata), also known as Winecups, and one of the butterflies that can
🌾🐦 HABITAT UPDATE: Native Grasses Are More Than Grass
When we think about wildlife habitat, colorful wildflowers, shrubs, and trees often get all the attention. But look a little closer at a patch of native grasses, and you’ll discover
🦋🌸 POLLINATOR/WILDLIFE HIGHLIGHT: Common Checkered-Skipper
Small, fast, and easy to overlook—the Common Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius communis, formerly Pyrgus communis) proves that some of our most interesting butterflies come in tiny packages. 🔎 LOOK FOR THE CHECKERBOARD
🌸💜 NATIVE PLANT SPOTLIGHT: Purple Poppy Mallow 💜🌸
Looking for a native plant that creates a spectacular carpet of color while providing food for pollinators? Meet Purple Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe involucrata), sometimes called Winecups for its brilliant, cup-shaped
🏡🌿 NEIGHBORS FOR NATURE: One Yard Started a Movement
What happens when one neighbor decides to make room for wildlife? In the Sonoran Desert outside Tucson, Arizona, Ellen Fountain transformed her 3.5-acre property into a wildlife oasis, planting native
🌤️ Explore Outdoors: Watch the Clouds & Identify Their Types! ☁️
Sometimes the best nature adventure begins by simply looking up! Find a comfortable spot outside, watch the sky for a few minutes, and see how many different kinds of clouds
🌎🔎 TEST YOUR NATURE KNOWLEDGE! 🌿🐝🦋
We’ve spent this week looking closer at some amazing connections—from buzz-pollinating bees and hummingbird-like moths to underground habitats and butterflies that depend on asters. How much do you remember? Let’s
🌼🦋 BUZZ & BLOOM: White Woodland Aster & Pearl Crescent Butterfly
As summer begins to give way to fall, White Woodland Aster (Eurybia divaricata) starts lighting up shady woodland edges with clouds of small white flowers. And those little flowers can
🌱🔎 HABITAT UPDATE: Beneath Your Feet
When you think of wildlife habitat, you probably picture trees, flowers, birds, butterflies, and bees. But some of the busiest habitat in your yard is somewhere you rarely look— right
🦋🌸 POLLINATOR SPOTLIGHT: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
Is it a hummingbird? A bumble bee? A moth? If you’ve ever seen a fuzzy little creature hovering in front of a flower and wondered what you were looking at,
🌸⭐ NATIVE PLANT SPOTLIGHT: Shooting Star ⭐🌸
It looks as though a tiny meteor shower has landed in the spring garden! Shooting Star (Primula meadia, formerly Dodecatheon meadia) is a distinctive native wildflower with nodding flowers held