{"id":12831,"date":"2019-06-24T06:43:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T10:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=12831"},"modified":"2019-06-21T09:33:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T13:33:43","slug":"take-5-beloved-butterflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-beloved-butterflies\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Beloved Butterflies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What creature so embodies the bright, warm, joyous season of summer quite like the butterfly<\/a>? Although we typically picture butterflies flitting about in colorful fields of wildflowers\u2014and rightly so!\u2014these fascinating insects live in a broad spectrum of habitats including forests, heathlands, bogs, swamps, even salt marshes\u2014anywhere, in fact, where their caterpillar food plants and sources of nectars for adults are found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June is National Pollinators Month! Habitat loss, pesticide use, and other factors threaten many of the butterfly species we love and cherish, along with many of our other native pollinators. Learn about creating a pollinator garden and other ways you can help pollinators<\/a>, including butterflies, on our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To honor some of nature’s most colorful and celebrated pollinators, here is a collection of gorgeous butterfly photographs from our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest<\/a>. The 2019 photo contest is now open, so submit your nature photos today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Spicebush
Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly \u00a9 Christine St. Andre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Baltimore
Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly \u00a9 Jessie Fries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Eastern
Eastern Comma Butterfly \u00a9 Lena Mirisola<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Black
Black Swallowtail Butterfly \u00a9 Mike Lowery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Painted
Painted Lady Butterfly \u00a9 Sophia Sobel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What creature so embodies the bright, warm, joyous season of summer quite like the butterfly? Although we typically picture butterflies flitting about in colorful fields of wildflowers\u2014and rightly so!\u2014these fascinating insects live in a broad spectrum of habitats including forests, heathlands, bogs, swamps, even salt marshes\u2014anywhere, in fact, where their caterpillar food plants and sources […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":12839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[33,34,83,84,255],"class_list":["post-12831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-take-5","tag-butterflies","tag-butterfly","tag-photo-contest","tag-photography","tag-pollinators"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/06\/3727Christine_StAndre14418_1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3kX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11233,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-national-pollinator-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":12831,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: National Pollinator Week!","author":"Ryan D.","date":"June 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"June 18\u201324 is National Pollinator Week and we're celebrating these wonderful and critical creatures that provide a much needed and under-appreciated service to us and to the natural world. 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