My Butterfly Garden

There are over 700 species of American butterflies found in the United States. With this large number it can be rather confusing to identify the American butterflies  since they come in all sizes and colors, from the small Eastern Tailed Blue butterfly whose wingspan can be less than 1″ to the larger Swallowtail butterfly that [...]

There is an interesting insect that visits my garden in the summer. It goes from flower to flower. It looks something like a cross between a hummingbird and a bumble bee. It is commonly called a hummingbird moth. Hummingbird moth got its name because it is actually a moth, that behaves like a hummingbird. Its [...]