CHICAGO On a suburban street with smooth lawns and trimmed bushes, Martha Chiplis yard stands out. It s not just the wildflowers: purple wild petunia, golden lanceleaf coreopsis, hot-pink Bush s poppy mallow. It s the lemon-yellow goldfinches that snack on the seeds, the fluffy bees that feed on the blooms.
CHICAGO On a suburban street with smooth lawns and trimmed bushes, Martha Chiplis’ yard stands out. It’s not just the wildflowers: purple wild petunia, golden lanceleaf coreopsis, hot-pink Bush’s poppy mallow. It’s the lemon-yellow goldfinches that snack on the seeds, the fluffy bees that feed on the blooms. And then there’s the star of the show: a monarch butterfly that descends within .
Over 400 home gardeners throughout the Chicago area have participated in a research project aimed at understanding how urban areas can provide habitat for the iconic insects.
Field Museum enlists home gardeners in fight to save monarch butterflies herald-review.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from herald-review.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Museum researchers enlist hundreds of home gardeners in fight to save the iconic monarch butterfly phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.