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The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

November 16, 2015

Monarch butterflies flock to campus thanks to work of students, facilities Butterfly Flutterby, a landscaping project that supports monarch butterfly populations, is playing host to a large migration of...

Mercury Morning News

March 31, 2015

Just the facts

March 30, 2015

Arun Prasath|Staff
Craig Lewis, the greenhouse landscape coordinator for Facilities Management, worked to cultivate two variations of milkweed, a main larval food source for monarch butterflies. He hopes to attract more of the distinctive orange and black butterflies as they pass through North Texas during their migratory season.

Landscaping project to support dwindling butterfly population

March 30, 2015

Thousands of monarch butterflies may soon come to campus as part of an ongoing project to cultivate the university’s open fields with their food and shelter supply. Craig Lewis, the greenhouse landscape...

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