Saving AR State Butterfly
OUR PURPOSE: Utilize conservation education and citizen science to minimize challenges to
Arkansas’ State Butterfly, Diana Fritillary (Argynnis diana).
OUR GOALS:
- Create public awareness regarding creation and protection of habitat, the importance of providing essential native plant nectar (May-Oct) and the need for responsible pesticide and herbicide use.
- Encourage Arkansans and visitors to become Citizen Scientists, posting sighting photos of pollinators to www.inaturalist.org which is critical for providing decision makers much needed data.
The most important things you can do right now?
- Leave the leaves and keep them chemical free from September to May
- Plant native plants and protect your violets
- Join iNaturalist and share your photos of butterflies!
- Create awareness by listening to our story from KUAF Ozarks at Large here and share it with others!
- Let us know if you have a class or group that would like to learn about The Diana’s unique lifecycle challenges with a slideshow presentation by emailing us here.
