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  • Hollow Joe-Pye Weed

  • Damselflies, Dragonflies and Earwigs

    … and small moths . Large dragonflies may  capture bees, butterflies, or other dragonflies. Female dragonflies lay …

  • Why Include Native Plants in Your Garden?

    … can only eat milkweed. No milkweeds, no monarch butterflies. 3. Support pollinators Research shows that using … way to create a haven for pollinators like native bees and butterflies and even to attract beneficial insects that will …

  • Moss Phlox

    … of moss phlox provide nectar for bees, skippers, and butterflies. Olive Hairstreak on moss phlox flower. Photo: M. …

  • Resources

    … start a butterfly garden, select plants that invite adult butterflies to your garden to feed. Celebrating Wildflowers …

  • Birds, Bees, Buds, Oh My! Citizen Science in your Garden!

    … the location of the flowers, the date and the number of butterflies on a special website or app. This adds to the … (website only) Did you know that pollinators like bees, butterflies, birds, and even bats are responsible for one out …

  • Tachinid Fly

    … larvae or caterpillars, nymphs, and/or pupae) of  beetles, butterflies, and moths, but also earwigs, grasshoppers, …

  • Parasitoid Wasps

    … of many insects, including aphids, caterpillars (larvae of butterflies and moths - Lepidoptera ), sawflies, beetles, … of the eggs of over 200 species of moths and butterflies, and are the most widely released biological …

  • Managing City and Suburban Yards and Gardens to Sustain Insect Communities (FS-2022-0633)

    … insects go during the winter? Some insects – like monarch butterflies – are famous for their migrations to warmer … more likely that many kinds of native insects, including butterflies (Smith & Davidson, 2014), will be able to use …   Smith, R.H. and L. Davidson. (2014, January). Butterflies of Maryland: A Biological Summary and Checklist . …

  • What is a Native Plant?