Most anyone who lives in Texas is familiar with the heroic journey that the Monarch butterfly makes every year, as well as the beauty that species possesses. Yet there is a smaller, and less colorful, ...
The queen butterfly is not common in the Tulsa area, but, look closely, you might have seen one before and assumed it was a monarch.
The monarch butterflies have migrated north for the summer but their "cousins" the queen butterflies are prominent in many area landscapes, especially if you have milkweeds and one or more good nectar ...