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By: Kathy Chambliss A vibrant orange and black butterfly settles onto a nodding bright yellow flower. The nectar from this flower, a native Rudbeckia species, will sustain the Monarch butterfly on its unfathomable journey to the mountains of Mexico. Nearby, honeybees and other insects hum and hover over goldenrod species (Solidago) and asters (Symphyotrichum sp.). Fig. 1 Monarch on Rudbeckia sp. Fig. 2 Honeybee in a field of Goldenrod Fig. 3 Sulphurs on Asters We don’t need t