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Stefania shows a little boy her Monarch butterfly rearing project78

Recycled plastic water bottles help Monarch Butterfly conservation

Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have been having a hard time of it in many areas of the world. Habitat destruction, pesticides and lack of their foodplants have all taken a heavy toll, and even pollen...

15 comments    recycling conservation tenerife
Garden Tiger Moth. Photo by Marek Szczepanek86

Garden Tiger Moths were once common but not any more

When I was a boy, and indeed later in life, I used to enjoy finding caterpillars and discovering what species of moth or butterfly they would eventually produce. I remember as a child and as a teenager, the...

20 comments    climate change weeds pesticides
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What Butterflies Eat

Have you ever wondered what butterflies eat? There are a few different reasons that you might have thought about this question. If it was a passing thought that you didn't bother to research, you ma be unable...

5 comments    food beauty pets
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Some Important Species of Insects in Amazon Rainforests

Amazon rainforests are the home for more than 25 millions of different species of insects. Warm climate with heavy rainfalls result into abundant vegetation in most part of the region make favorable...

15 comments    education amazon birds
These bright orange flowers are "Orange Profusion" zinnias and butterflies love their nectar. They, among many other specific flowers are purposely planted to feed the butterflies on their stop to Mexico. This  Viceroy has paused to enjoy the feast.77

Second Annual Butterfly Festival in Cole, Oklahoma

These bright orange flowers are "Orange Profusion" zinnias and butterflies love their nectar. They, among many other specific flowers are purposely planted to feed the butterflies on their stop to Mexico....

12 comments    monarch butterflies
Monarch butterfly on flowers clip art80

Free Butterfly Pictures

These gorgeous free butterfly pictures can be used as clip art or can even be printed and framed to decorate your home.

10 comments    pictures arts artwork
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TASTE 'EM ONCE! MOPANI WORMS!!

Everywhere in the world, there is an interest to taste new dishes and delicacies. Some food stuffs are interesting to taste as well. Crickets, ants, scorpions etc. have been tried by many around the world....

5 comments    food recipes recipe
King Cobra. Snakes are common in Thailand, be wary of any grassed areas or undergrowth 91

Thailand: Dangerous Animals

Poisonous snakes, giant centipedes, jellyfish, scorpions and tarantulas- read about them, study the pictures and avoid them!

17 comments    health safety thailand
A Swallow-tail butterfly lays an egg and cements it in place with a leaf of sweet fennel.83

The Appetite of a Caterpillar

Sometimes you just don't truly appreciate something for what it is, and more importantly for what it will be in the future. You'd think we all would have learned that in kindergarten when someone read us,...

8 comments    australia eggs pest control
Monarch on the Bard of Ely's head74

The Tenerife butterfly and moth rescue team

In past issues of the Tenerife Sun I have written about my ongoing project to help increase the numbers of the beautiful Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on the island, and I am very happy to say that I...

16 comments    hubchallenge spain conservation
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