Is there anything more enchanting than a beautiful butterfly? Their majestic presence, brilliant colors, and bold, patterned bodies—some striped or even polka-dotted—are truly mesmerizing.

MIGRATION: This butterfly does not migrate. BREEDING: In July or August, adult butterflies lay a cluster of 10 to 100 eggs on the New Mexico penstemon, a beautiful plant endemic to the state's ...

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The Sand Mountain blue butterfly is closely linked to Kearney buckwheat; larvae feed exclusively on the plant, and adult butterflies rely on its nectar as a primary food source. Unfortunately, the ...