Butterfly Gardens at TWU

10/13/2026

A new innovative way of tracking Monarch butterflies during their migration to the wintering sites. You'll be surprised of the findings.

Morning Edition on NPR One | 3:48

10/12/2026

After the last rain and cooler temperatures at least at night, our plants revived. Here are some photos from the large garden by the Texas pond. Enjoy!

10/11/2026

The Frostweed plants are in bloom just in time for the Monarchs journey back to the wintering grounds in Mexico. Here is a link to a video on The Monarch's journey:

10/11/2026

We are officially accepting submissions for the annual Texas Wildflower Day Photo Contest!

Whether you are a seasoned photographer or capturing nature on your smartphone, we invite you to share your best shots highlighting the beauty of native Texas plants and pollinators.

🗓 Submission Window: Open through April 2, 2027
🐝 Photo Requirements: Must feature a Texas native plant and/or a Texas native pollinator
🏆 Categories Include: The Jeff Robb Award; TWU Faculty, Staff, and Alumni; and the Community

Winners will be announced at Texas Wildflower Day on Friday, April 23, 2027!

Learn more at the link in bio!

10/06/2026

After the last week's very beneficial rain, plants revived and more pollinators and caterpillars are active in our butterfly gardens. Yesterday, at least two Horace's Duskywings visited the ASSC garden. That was the second time only I saw those butterflies in our gardens. Gulf Fritillary caterpillars are feeding on leaves, floral buds and vines of the Passionflower plants. No Monarch yet. Enjoy!

09/24/2026

With cooler nights from now on, some plants revived in the butterfly gardens and bloom more. Here are some photos from the large garden by the Texas pond. The Texas Sage is spectacular now with its purple blooms and lots of honeybees visitors. Enjoy!

09/10/2026

If you like caterpillars, here's a great video from Homegrown national Park. You can watch it for free until October 14.

09/10/2026

Despite the scorching temperatures during this extended summer, some plants in our butterfly gardens are still blooming and pollinators are still present - which shows that planting natives is the way to go for a garden. Here are some early morning images from the large butterfly garden by the Texas pond. Enjoy!

09/10/2026

Despite the scorching temperatures during this extended summer, some plants in our butterfly gardens are still blooming and pollinators are still present - which shows that planting natives is the way to go for a garden. Enjoy some of the photos taken at the ASSC garden.

08/31/2026

Bumblebees like Turk's Cap flowers. They dive into the blooms most of the time, as in the posted images, or when their tongues cannot easily reach the deep floral nectaries they use their strong mandibles to make holes at the borrow of the flowers to suck the nectar. This is called nectar robbing since bumblebees to not cross-pollinate the flower in this case.