Survey the insects orbiting a globe of milkweed blossoms or the delicate blooms of a chokeberry, and you might spy an ...

‘Magical moment’ when seed sails offWith trees and shrubs stripped bare, late fall is a good time for discoveries. Bird nests are suddenly revealed, where a yellow warbler, robin, cardinal or ...

Bright red milkweed beetles and milkweed bugs, their vivid colouring warning that they’d be toxic to anyone daring to eat them, just as monarch butterflies’ orange wings do. Crab spiders curled up on ...

Discover Nature this week with Missouri’s wildlife impostors. All wildlife seeks to endure. But rather than hiding from ...

But other solutions are surprisingly simple. This includes planting milkweed, a food source for Monarch butterflies, or just letting your lawn grow, allowing for more plants and habitats insects.

Milkweed is especially important because it will attract monarchs to deposit their eggs, then provide food for the emerging larvae. Make sure to find out which is the right one for your region ...

Nicknamed Halloween bugs due to their coloration, they are the eponymously named large milkweed bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus). Sucking insects, they feed on the seeds, leaves and stems of the plants.

But beyond that, butterfly milkweed supports an ecosystem for other insects, including queen butterflies. This shrublike perennial with bright orange flowers likes full sun and is ideal for larger ...