Designing landscapes with multiple vegetation layers, such as canopy trees, understory trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, and groundcovers.

A solitary bee that cuts circular pieces of leaves to line and protect its nest cells.

Allowing fallen leaves to remain in appropriate areas to protect soil, recycle nutrients, and provide habitat for insects and other organisms.

The scientific order that includes all butterflies and moths.

Low-growing plants used instead of traditional mulch to suppress weeds and improve soil.

A system of interconnected organisms in a particular region where energy and nutrients move through plants, herbivores, predators, and decomposers.

Landscape design and maintenance practices intended to minimize resource consumption, pollution, runoff, and habitat disturbance.

One of North America's most recognizable giant silk moths. Luna Moth

A solitary cavity-nesting bee that uses mud to construct and seal nest chambers.

A plant community dominated by grasses, sedges, and flowering plants, providing habitat for numerous insects and wildlife species.

A landscape design featuring grasses and wildflowers that mimics natural prairie or meadow ecosystems.

The biological transformation from caterpillar to butterfly.

A small, specialized habitat within a larger ecosystem, such as a log pile, rock garden, or vernal pool.

Seasonal movement of butterflies from one region to another, often over long distances.

An adaptation where a butterfly resembles another species for protection from predators.