Jessica Morgan McAtee
Butterfly Gardens and Bees
Usually when people say they can't have a butterfly garden because they don't want bees, they are unaware of how butterfly habitats work.
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Jessica Morgan McAtee
Jul 15, 20203 min read
Photographing Butterflies: 13 Lucky Tips
Begin snapping photos from a distance and continue to as you slowly approach.
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Jul 11, 20205 min read
Butterfly Chrysalis Fell DOWN!
There is more than one way to hang a chrysalis. This can be done with several household supplies that you already have.
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Jul 10, 20203 min read
Butterfly 101
Proper butterfly gardening should ALWAYS include a specified location because the same butterflies don't live everywhere.
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Jul 8, 20204 min read
Mail-Order Butterflies: The Best Option?
My observation is that this doesn't teach children the full story of butterflies.
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Jul 7, 20205 min read
Cue the Butterfly Chrysalis
It's hazardous and quite a gamble.
Yet it's the ace for the win of a brilliant total make-over.
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Jul 3, 20203 min read
Why Butterfly?
Being in nature decreases stress, makes you happier, increases creativity, improves attention spans, makes one more kind and generous and ma
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Jul 2, 20204 min read
Butterfly Art & Ethics
Butterfly art is often made at the expense of the butterflies.
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Jul 1, 20202 min read
Florida Native Butterfly Nectar
Florida has many beautiful native plants that can produce nectar and some are listed in this post. This is not a comprehensive list, but the
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Jun 28, 20202 min read
Queen Monarch Butterfly Clarity: What's the Difference?
A female Monarch is not a Queen! Monarchs and Queens are two separate species.
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Jun 3, 20202 min read
Devoured Milkweed?
There are easy ways to replenish your Milkweed.
Jessica Morgan McAtee
May 29, 20205 min read
Nature Teaches Hard Butterfly Truths
The garden is our classroom for life truths.
Jessica Morgan McAtee
May 13, 20203 min read
Aphid Afflictions
What do we do about aphids on our Milkweed?
Jessica Morgan McAtee
May 4, 20202 min read
Florida Butterfly Weeds in Your Yard
With COVID-19 still lurking about, many of us are staying close to home these days. Time in the garden is soothing, refreshing and...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Apr 16, 20204 min read
D.I.Y. Butterfly House Feasibility
Considering a screened-in butterfly house?
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Apr 14, 20203 min read
Disappearing Caterpillars
It is spring and our butterfly gardens are coming alive. My landscape includes host plants for dozens of local species (that is nerd...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Oct 25, 20193 min read
Serenity Prayers
My first 40 years on earth did not exemplify serenity. I intend to change that for the next 40. My personality is assertive. Many people...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Sep 24, 20194 min read
Polyconfusion: Pipevine, Gold-Rim and Polydamas Swallowtail Butterflies
If you want to attract the Gold Rim Swallowtail, you must plant pipevine.
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Sep 5, 20193 min read
Florida's Best Kept Secret Butterfly (Statira Sulphur)
Some people collect plates, shot glasses, baseball cards or tchotchkes. I collect butterflies. I prefer the living kind (no judgement...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
Aug 6, 20194 min read
Butterfly or Moth Caterpillar?
This is a moth larva/caterpillar. We can tell by the plant it is eating. Every caterpillar becomes either a butterfly or a moth. It can...
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