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How to see and be very close to hundreds of butterflies in Lubbock this year.

This week on Sustainable Living, we talked with Anita Comacho. She is the owner of Little Red Wagon Native Nursery and a butterfly expert.

Check out these ah-MAY-zing tree blooms this month.

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Most people will never stand in a wetland as the sun rises. The sunshine is a rheostat that moves ever-slowly, illuminating the world as it transitions from darkness to daylight, waking the living things that thrive there. The sounds of frogs and crickets give way to birds and buzzing insects. There is a symphony of life. At dawn and dusk, wetlands are alive with wildlife. There are bellowing alligators and splashing otters, singing birds, and the occasional fish flop. There are raccoons and ra...

Garden Q&A: Whats with the winter butterflies? Becky Wern, For the Jacksonville Florida Times-Union USA TODAY NETWORK © John Pemberton/Times-Union archive The Zebra Longwing, Floridas state butterfly, prefers passionflower vines. The butterflies can be found even in cold weather. I spotted a striped butterfly on a very cold day and wondered, how is that possible? I had the same thought when I marveled at one many years ago. The black-and-pale- yellow-striped Zebra Longwing bu...