Orange Sulphur Butterfly

Monarchs At A Crossroads In An Era Of Butterfly Decline

By Mia McPherson|March 16th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Monarch Butterflies, Oklahoma, Orange Sulphur Butterflies, Sebastian County, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, autumn, Black-eyed Susan, bloom, blooming, butterflies, butterfly, Colias eurytheme, Danaus plexippus, fall, feeding, female, flowering, garden, insects, Meadow Sage, Monarch, Monarch Butterfly, native, nectaring, Orange Sulphur, Orange Sulphur Butterfly, Rudbeckia hirta, spring, suburban, sulphur, sulphurs, wildflowers, yard, yellow wildflowers|

The contrasting fates of eastern and western Monarchs underscore that their future is still uncertain. With dedicated efforts, we can help butterfly populations rebound—but time is running out.

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Butterfly Photos From Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|May 21st, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Orange Sulphur Butterflies, Phaon Crescent Butterflies, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Variegated Fritillary Butterflies|Tags: adult, bloom, blooming, blooms, blossoms, bottomlands, butteflies, butterflies, butterfly, buttrflies, Colias eurytheme, coneflower, coneflowers, crescent, cresents, Euptoieta claudia, feeding, flowering, fritillaries, fritillary, insects, nectaring, Oklahoma, Orange Sulphur, Orange Sulphur Butterfly, orange wildflowers, Phaon Crescent, Phaon Crescent Butterfly, Phyciodes phaon, Ratibida columnifera, red wildflowers, spring, sulphur, sulphurs, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Tishomingo NWR, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Variegated Fritillary, Variegated Fritillary Butterfly, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

This morning, I wanted to share a few more things with wings: a set of butterfly photos I took recently at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

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