Turn your yard into a butterfly haven with simple tips on flowers, feeders, and creating the right environment for these vital pollinators.

Found in south and southeast Asia, China, and Japan, once the great orange tip becomes a butterfly, it is predominantly white with bright orange and black on the outer third of its wings.

“They have smaller flowers so butterflies with tiny proboscides can reach the nectar,” she said. “Butterfly bush (Buddleja) is also a good option, and of course, milkweed produces flowers which ...

If you see a falcate orangetip butterfly, it might be an indication that spring has arrived. Males are white with orange tips in their upper wings, while females lack the orange color.

Milkweed, Asclepias species, attracts butterflies to your garden. It also attracts other insects that you may not want. My milkweed plants, Asclepias fascicularis, were covered with aphids this sum… ...

Those living in the most tropical areas of the United States can grow this compact tree that features stunning aromatic blooms that attract hummingbirds.

“Simple ones to grow are nasturtium for those cabbage whites, the small white and the large white butterflies, and things like sweet rocket for the orange tip butterfly,” she says.

A male orange tip butterfly specimen butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, from the collections of Adam Buddle, an English cleric and botanist. Between them these men amassed thousands of objects, ...

A survey of a brightly coloured butterfly has had a "phenomenal" response from the public, according to the group that organised the count. So far 1,000 post cards recording orange tip sightings have ...

Earlier sightings of the signs of spring – from the first leaves on trees to early butterflies – could be the new norm as the climate changes, conservationists said.

“Simple ones to grow are nasturtium for those cabbage whites, the small white and the large white butterflies, and things like sweet rocket for the orange tip butterfly,” she says.