![An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, in bright yellow hues, rests on a Black-Eyed Susan Coneflower among the Sonny Montgomery statue's flowerbed.](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/2024-05/_G5C9970-2400x1400_0.jpg)
A swallowtail butterfly sporting bright yellow hues rests on a purple coneflower planted in beds near the G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery statue by McCool Hall. As it draws nectar, it unknowingly assists in the essential cross-pollination process, a part of the intricate ecosystem carefully tended by MSU's dedicated landscaping team.