🌿🦋 Test Your Nature Knowledge! 🦋🌿
How closely have you been following Nature on the Brink this week? We explored Field Pussytoes, the American Lady butterfly, autumn seed season, bee hotels, and the connections that turn
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🌸🦋 Buzz & Bloom: Field Pussytoes + American Lady Butterfly 🦋🌸
Sometimes one of the most important plants in a butterfly garden is also one of the smallest! This week’s Buzz & Bloom celebrates the connection between Field Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta)
🍂🌾 Habitat Connections: Autumn Seed Season 🌾🐦
As autumn arrives and flowers begin to fade, something important is happening in our gardens and natural areas: seed season has begun! Those dried flower heads and grasses that may
🦋🌼 Pollinator/Wildlife Spotlight: American Lady Butterfly 🌼🦋
With brilliant orange wings and bold black-and-white markings, the American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) is a beautiful visitor to gardens, meadows, roadsides, and other open habitats. But its story begins long
🌿🌸 Native Plant Highlight: Field Pussytoes 🌸🌿
Small plants can make a big difference for wildlife! Meet Field Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta), a charming native groundcover whose soft, fuzzy flower clusters resemble tiny cat paws—giving this little wildflower
🏡🦋 Neighbors for Nature: Growing Habitat—and Community—Together 🌿
What happens when neighbors decide that helping wildlife is something they can do together? At Front Porch communities in California, residents turned concern for declining monarch butterflies into a collaborative
🐝🏡 Explore Outdoors: Build a Bee Hotel! 🌿
Did you know that many of our native bees don’t live in hives? Unlike honey bees, many native species are solitary bees. Some make their nests in hollow or pithy
🌿🦋 Test Your Nature Knowledge! 🦋🌿
How much did you learn from this week’s Nature on the Brink posts? This week we explored Sideoats Grama, the Dotted Skipper, wildlife-friendly fall cleanup, and the importance of connected
🌾🦋 Buzz & Bloom: Sideoats Grama + Dotted Skipper 🦋🌾
This week’s Buzz & Bloom reminds us that a pollinator garden needs more than flowers. Native grasses can be an important part of butterfly habitat, too! 🌾 THE BLOOM: Sideoats
🍂 Habitat Connections: Leave the Leaves! 🍂
As autumn arrives and leaves begin covering our yards, our first instinct may be to grab the rake. But those fallen leaves aren’t just yard waste—they’re habitat! A layer of
🦋 Pollinator/Wildlife Spotlight: Dotted Skipper 🦋
Small, quick, and closely tied to our native grasslands, meet the Dotted Skipper (Hesperia attalus)! This warm-toned skipper may be easy to overlook as it darts through sunny, open habitats,
🌾 Native Plant Highlight: Sideoats Grama 🌾
Native grasses may not always get the attention of colorful wildflowers, but they are an essential part of a healthy habitat. Meet Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)—a distinctive warm-season native grass