Create a pollinator paradise in your garden with these perfect planting recipes. Use plants individually or mix-and-match ...

Imagine stepping into your garden and being greeted by a kaleidoscope of vibrant butterflies fluttering gracefully among your blooms. Creating a haven for these enchanting creatures not only enhances ...

Stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) don't always have the best reputation among gardeners, but they are a crucial part of the ecosystem for many British butterfly caterpillars. Luke says, 'Host plants ...

Provide the butterflies with warmth (a sunny spot), shelter (shrubs and trees) and nectar and butterflies will start to use your garden to feed and maybe even breed.

Gardeners are always in search of the greatest plant ever; one that has beautiful color, is pest free and easy to grow. Gardeners many times overlook plant material that is right under our noses.

By ensuring the presence of host plants in an area ... Swallowtail caterpillars feed on dill, parsley, sycamore, or willow. While adult butterflies and moths are important pollinators, their ...

If you want to see butterflies of all kinds in your garden, you have to plant for them. I love the fall because I can walk outside my door and always spot a handful of butterflies in my garden.

Fresh dill is available from supermarkets and ethnic grocers. Dried dill is a perfectly acceptable substitute to fresh, and is even preferred in some Middle Eastern dishes. Use only the leaves of ...

Butterfly enthusiasts from the Nilgiris have recorded for the first time in India, the Nilgiri tit (Hypolycaena nilgirica) utilising a large terrestrial orchid plant as a host. The study ...

Filling your garden with fluttering insects will make your flowerbeds beautiful and support biodiversity at the same time. Museum ecologist Larissa Cooper explains how to do it. Butterflies are a ...

Potyviruses are the largest genus of RNA viruses in plants. We are interested in molecular elucidation of the different stages of potyvirus infection and how the viral processes are localized and ...