Hessel’s hairstreak have been seen in southeastern Virginia. These butterflies enjoy roaming bay forests and wetland bogs with sandy soil, according to the Department of Conservation and Recreation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Social Butterfly columnist Kristi K. Higgins shares her experiences and those of others, monthly, with Progress-Index readers. In ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — One of spring’s most elegant bugs, the butterfly, will soon be reappearing all across Virginia, but to see more of the flying critters in your own yard, you’ll have to provide ...

Don’t pick them up. Don’t try to catch them. Don’t step on them. Don’t leave with any of them on your clothes. Entering and leaving the new butterfly garden at the Science Museum of Western Virginia ...

The Butterfly Haven exhibit is open at the Virginia Living Museum in Newport News and runs through September 25. This exhibit is an immersive experience into the life cycle of butterflies. From eggs ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — An exhibit opening Saturday at the Virginia Living Museum gives visitors the opportunity to get up close and personal with a variety of butterflies and moths. The museum says that ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Hundreds of painted butterflies filled the foyer of the Virginia Holocaust Museum on Thursday, symbolizing the lives of children lost during the Holocaust. “We didn’t paint nearly as ...

The Virginia Holocaust Museum partners with The Butterfly Project to honor 1.5 million children murdered during the Holocaust. Free butterfly kits were distributed to Virginia classrooms, engaging ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia Zoo in Norfolk is working on a special project that entails putting stickers on eastern monarchs to learn new things about the butterflies. There are two main thoroughfares ...