By Alyssa Nyberg, Preserve Coordinator, Efroymson Restoration at Kankakee Sands As the days grow shorter and night comes sooner, I enjoy all the fluttery things. The brilliant day-flying butterflies delight me. I love the flashes of color across the open sky, the undulating patterns as they float like fairies on the warm fall days. RelaxingContinue reading “Is it a Butterfly or a Moth? It Might be Both!”
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Whose tail is that?
By Alyssa Nyberg, Ecologist at Kankakee Sands Our August skies are aflutter with butterflies over the Kankakee Sands prairie. The nectar-rich flowers of the blazing stars, milkweeds and bonesets are decorated by the wings of a variety of butterflies, including the swallowtails. A fun (and sometimes challenging) part of being among so many butterflies isContinue reading “Whose tail is that?”
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