The Lorain Public Library System Columbia Branch, 13824 W. River Road North in Columbia Station, is hosting a Painted Lady Butterfly program to release painted lady butterflies back into nature. The ...

Painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) are migrating into Colorado and large numbers of them have been spotted up and down the Front Range. Gardeners, are you plagued by prickly invaders and ...

Along with the warmer weather and boundless blooming flowers, May is the beginning of insect time (better known as the bug season). The insects that now reach maturity include lesser loved ones such ...

San Diego County is blossoming with beautiful, floating, black and orange “painted lady” butterflies. “You just peek out the window and there they are, they’re everywhere,” said Chris Conlan, a ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Some western Iowa fields are getting sprayed to get rid of painted lady butterflies that have become problematic for soybean crops. Iowa State University Extension field ...

Butterflies look so delicate as they flitter from flower to flower. And yet, they are capable of migrating incredibly long distances. The monarch, for example, migrates between Canada and Mexico, ...

After a spring surge that eclipsed recent years, Ventura County is seeing wave after wave of monarch-like painted lady butterflies. It’s all part of their migration north. There was a huge bloom of ...

1. Egg: Laid on thistle and mallow plants. 2. Larva: Caterpillar eats and eats, expanding to almost 2 inches long. 3. Chrysalis" Inside case, caterpillar metamorphoses (changes) first into liquid, ...

LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - Millions of butterflies are expected to start arriving in Britain this summer, in a once in a decade phenomenon. Wildlife lovers are being urged to look out for the Painted ...

Hordes of caterpillars in an Arroyo Grande neighborhood have startled residents who can’t seem to walk down the street without crushing a crawler. And they may be coming your way soon. They’re ...