• Whoop! Colors are starting to pop in the prairies around Iowa. To celebrate Friday and the prairie springing back to life here’s a Banded Hairstreak foraging on Butterfly Milkweed for your feed. Gorgeous photo courtesy of Carl Kurtz. Prairie strips support a greater richness of insect taxa (2.6-fold), abundance of pollinators (3.5-fold), richness of native bird species (2.1-fold). #iowaag #iowastate #pollinators #prairie #prairiestrips #perennialagriculture
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    Whoop! Colors are starting to pop in the prairies around Iowa. To celebrate Friday and the prairie springing back to life here’s a Banded Hairstreak foraging on Butterfly Milkweed for your feed. Gorgeous photo courtesy of Carl Kurtz. Prairie strips support a greater richness of insect taxa (2.6-fold), abundance of pollinators (3.5-fold), richness of native bird species (2.1-fold). #iowaag #iowastate #pollinators #prairie #prairiestrips #perennialagriculture