Westmoreland pollinator group exceeds goal of 250 habitat sites for monarch butterflies

Twin sisters Elizabeth Martina, left, and Eva Martina, right, at their backyard butterfly garden at their home in Irwin.

Pollinators are seen among the flowers in the butterfly garden at the Martina home in Irwin.

Flowers dot the backyard butterfly garden of the Martina home in Irwin.

Pollinators are seen among the flowers in the butterfly garden at the Martina home in Irwin.

Elizabeth Martina, 14, with her mixed media artwork, featuring a fabric background with a hand painting of a duckling at her home in Irwin.

An ornamental decoration in the fairy garden at the Martina home in Irwin.

Pollinators are seen among the flowers in the butterfly garden at the Martina home in Irwin.

Rich and Sara Zacur and their son, August, 6, pose with a sign marking the monarch butterfly waystation at their Murrysville home. The plantings are meant to provide a habitat for migratory butterflies and other pollinators.

A monarch butterfly rests in a part of the pollinator garden at the home of Rich and Sara Zacur in Murrysville.

A monarch butterfly caterpillar is seen in the pollinator garden at the home of Rich and Sara Zacur in Murrysville.