The Florida Museum of Natural History will host its annual Spring Plant Sale on Friday, April 11, at the UF Cultural Plaza. The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 3215 Hull Road in Gainesville.

Neck surgery in 2005 put Amy Ottilige’s life on hold. She was “bored,” until she noticed a monarch butterfly fluttering outside her window. The simple observation changed her life.

We all welcome the beauty of butterflies, bees and ladybirds – but there are some less well-known and frankly alarming-looking insects which are also beneficial to our gardens.