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Vol. 21 Issue 3, Summer 2016 By the Audubon at Home Ambassadors Now, for the first time in its history, gardening...

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Vol. 20 Issue 2, Summer 2015 By Emily Bzdyk Milkweed is an important host plant for many insects. Most of...

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Vol. 20, Issue 2, Summer 2015 By Donna Quinn Common MilkweedPhoto by Nicole Hamilton Common Milkweed’s story is also a...

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There have been reports of 3 Monarch butterflies in Loudoun so far – two in Purcellville and one in Round Hill....

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Vol. 18 Issue 1, Spring 2013 by Sally Snidow One of the critical factors in the Monarch Butterfly’s struggle to...

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