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All About Butterflies On The 'Pea Green Boat'

Montana Public Radio | By Annie Garde

Published March 28, 2016 at 3:24 PM MDT

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(L) Monarch butterly, (R) viceroy butterfly. Can you see the differences?

Piccolo Namek, Derek Ramsey (GFDL 1.2)

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A midge, Chironomus plumosus

Courtesy Entomart

Can you tell the difference between a monarch and a viceroy butterfly? Do you know what a western two-tailed swallowtail is? Tune in to "Pea Green Boat" on Wednesday, March 30 at 4:00 p.m. to learn more about these butterflies of western Montana with Glenn Marangelo from the Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium.