TABLE OF CONTENTS Flying Flowers 4 What is an Entomologist 11 Rescuing Nature’s Pollinators 19 Disease Detectives 24 Composters and Mini-Detectives 31 Understanding the Bad Guys 38 Citizen Scientist 44 Glossary 46 Index 47 Show What You Know 47 Websites to Visit 47 About the Author 48
FLYING FLOWERS At a small field in Virginia Dr Lincoln Brower and his wife Linda Fink counted the delicate creatures perched on the bright pink flowers They knew that the butterflies stopped to rest and eat as they traveled to their winter roosting sites Lincoln wanted to help rescue these colorful orange-and-black butterflies 4
The graceful creatures had amazed him for more than 60 years He was not only impressed by the butterflies beauty but also by their amazing journeys Monarch butterflies are the only butterflies known to travel up to many thousands of miles from North America to winter roosting sites They fly to the mountains of Mexico coastal areas in California and other places far from their summer homes CANADA UNITED STATES MEXICO This map shows fall migration patterns of monarch butterflies A monarch butterfly lands on a milkweed flower 5
