The tip of the forewing has white spots and there are black and blue dots on the hindwing border. Life span : Red admirals in the over-wintering generation can live up to 10 months; the life span ...

The migrating Monarchs are having a better year — and Florida's gorgeous Atala butterfly is finding succor in Lakeland.

Dragonflies glimmer in iridescent colors such as cobalt, scarlet, and magenta, flying elegantly with see-through wings.

Researchers believe this may be an isolated population from an ancestor species that went extinct everywhere else.

DESCRIPTION: The Smith's blue is a small butterfly with a less-than-one-inch wingspan. Adult males are a brilliant blue, while females are brown; both sexes have a red-orange band across the underside ...

Monarch butterflies with more white spots on their mostly orange-and-black wings are more successful at long-distance migration. Some scientists think the spots may affect airflow around their wings.

Atala butterflies have black, velvety wings with bright blue or green hues, according to the Florida Wildflower Foundation. From 1937 to 1959, the Atala butterfly was believed to be extinct. (iStock) ...

Successful monarchs had 3% less black and 3% more white on their wings. It's not clear how these spots help, but one theory is that they may alter air flow patterns around the wings.