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Raising monarchs and providing appropriate habitat for butterflies and other pollinators.

Raising monarchs and providing appropriate habitat for butterflies and other pollinators.

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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 12, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by MikeEC
Swallowtails in central Illinois. I see a lot of black Eastern swallowtails and also giant swallowtails in my flower gardens. Eastern swallowtails use several types of herbs as host plants. I have fennel (a perennial) planted in several places and ...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 12, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by MikeEC
Milkweed pests in central Illinois. Attached are pictures of the pest I most frequently see on my common milkweed plants. I'm not sure what they are called but look like some type of beetle to me. They are much more prone to attack milkweed growing ...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 12, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by MikeEC
More than enough milkweed! The attached pictures show only two of several groupings of common milkweed in my backyard in the alley behind my house. In the four years I have planted milkweed, it has spread tremendously. In fact, by next spring I will ...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 8, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by TerriCity
The Black Swallowtail caterpillars are growing rapidly.
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 8, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Leafhead
My next "class" in " Caterpillar College"
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 8, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Leafhead
A brand new chrysalis, right out of the molt. Also, a J-cat and some other chrysales
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 7, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Leafhead
Pic 1 Monarch chrysalis, J-cat and crawl-off. Pic 2 A chrysalis, first of season
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 6, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Mooolah
I am watching Nature on PBS, Sex, Lies & Butterflies. Hope you are too.
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 4, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by TerriCity
I was so happy to see a bunch of brown and white caterpillars on the dill weed over the weekend! This means swallowtail butterflies to come if all goes well. I put a gallon pot planted with dill in my caterpillar house a with about a dozen ...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 4, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Leafhead
Some of my 5th instar Monarch cats
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 2, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by MsTanya
Hi Left head. Great information here. I love butterflies & if I can plant things in my yard to attract them I will. Keep posting suggestions.
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 2, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Leafhead
Can anyone guess what this is?
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 2, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Leafhead
My 4 instar Monarchs.
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 1, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Censorshipsucks
I have a Carpenter Bee in an old snag. Cute little bugger.
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 1, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Leafhead
Monarch on Cup Plant
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 1, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by BlueWave
Is This Milkweed? My friend has what I think is milkweed she doesn't want. If it is, indeed, milkweed, I'm going to plant it in my yard. Please let me know your thoughts asap. Including any specialized instructions, if any. Thanks!
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
May 30, 2018May 2018

Posted by btroje
Are there places you can purchase monarchs eggs and raise for release?
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
May 30, 2018May 2018

Posted by MermaidSuzy888
I love reading about the various caterpillars & butterflies that everyone has in their gardens. I have 19 milkweed plants this year, which is 18 more than last year. I look forward to my future caterpillar & butterfly visitors.
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
May 29, 2018May 2018

Posted by Leafhead
4th instar American Lady caterpillar (Vanessa virginiensis) in leaf nest, on Plantain Leaf Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
May 28, 2018May 2018

Posted by TerriCity
A zebra long wing caterpillar and several of the ZLW butterflies. The males are known to cluster on a female's pupa before she has emerged as an adult butterfly. The next picture is of two newly emerged ZLWs. The pupas, which resemble a dried leaf, ...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
May 28, 2018May 2018

Posted by hereinwhoseville
I would so much love to plant milkweed, been wanting to for a while. I have two acres in Oregon and I know this is prime area for monarchs. But here's my dilemma - I have a massive blackberry invasion. I keep the field mowed but blackberries are just...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
May 28, 2018May 2018

Posted by MermaidSuzy888
I'm so happy to say that my milkweed has returned & I have many more plants than last year. I've noticed that it has spread. I'm dedicated two gardens to butterflies & pollinators this year.
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
May 28, 2018May 2018

Posted by MikeEC
In each of the last four years, I've raised between 50 and 100 monarch butterflies, mostly from small caterpillars and a few from eggs. My survival rate for caterpillars is close to 100% using raising chambers and materials that are either recycled,...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
May 28, 2018May 2018

Posted by Leafhead
Pic 1 Asclepias purpuracea Pheasant Branch Nature Conservancy Pic 2 Asclepias Sullivantii Pheasant Branch Nature Conservancy
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
May 27, 2018May 2018

Posted by btroje
Out in the pasture
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Posted by TerriCitySulpher butterfly from caterpillar to pupa to adult butterfly.

Posted by TerriCitySulpher butterfly from caterpillar to pupa to adult butterfly.

Posted by TerriCitySulpher butterfly from caterpillar to pupa to adult butterfly.

Posted by TerriCitySulpher butterfly from caterpillar to pupa to adult butterfly.

Posted by LeafheadAsclepias sullivantii, the Sullivant's Prairie Milkweed. Taken at a way station in Middleton, WI

Posted by LeafheadCeropegia woodii Hoya carnosa Both plants bloom at night and attract lots of cool moths

Posted by LeafheadCeropegia woodii Hoya carnosa Both plants bloom at night and attract lots of cool moths

Posted by DAB456What kind is this? I think I know, but would like another opinion.

Posted by bigpawbulletsNot sure what these guys are. But suddenly we seem to be getting a few of them in the "Habitat":

Posted by bigpawbulletsSilly meme. But an attractive butterfly. Photoshopped or real?

Posted by MikeECI posted this earlier In the Gardeners group, but had actually intended to post it here. Those of you who are members of both groups get to see it twice ?

Posted by MikeECI posted this earlier In the Gardeners group, but had actually intended to post it here. Those of you who are members of both groups get to see it twice ?

Posted by LeafheadMy latest visitor to the feeder, a Hackberry Emperor

Posted by MikeECI managed to overwinter three Eastern black swallowtail chrysalises in my unheated garage and released them about a month ago.

Posted by MikeECI managed to overwinter three Eastern black swallowtail chrysalises in my unheated garage and released them about a month ago.

Posted by MikeECI managed to overwinter three Eastern black swallowtail chrysalises in my unheated garage and released them about a month ago.
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