Moths drawn to lights, rotten beer, often against their best interests

Lepidopterist, or mothers, use a concoction of beer, bananas and molasses to bait certain sap-eating moths. Otherwise, try a bright light on a cloudy, moonless night.

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Painted Lady butterflies migrating through NYC

The smaller, drabber cousin of the Monarch is headed north in huge numbers this year.

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Tips: how to find migrating monarch butterflies

Monarch butterflies are migrating down south right about now. Check pines and milkweed after a rain. Check Journey North for an interactive spotting map for roosts.

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Migrating Monarchs stop at Brooklyn's best butterfly bush

Monarch butterflies are migrating through New York City on their way down the East Coast to Florida and maybe Mexico. A bush on 7th Avenue in Parks Slope draws them in.

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