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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
Apr 29, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by MermaidSuzy888
I'm beginning to clean out my butterfly garden today. I have common milkweed. I also grow marigolds to attract butterflies & to deter pests. Does anyone else else grow specific flowers to attract butterflies? There's a great list of flowers & ...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 18, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by MikeEC
Yippee! I am finally starting to see some results. This morning, I found a newly hatched monarch caterpillar. For the small ones, I like to use the type of container pictured. Salvation Army sells these for under two dollars each. Either cut a foot ...
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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 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 17, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Leafhead
The next wave
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 25, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by MikeEC
Even though I check milkweed every day for newly hatched caterpillars, these two pictures illustrate how easy it is for one slip by me. Is probably about four or five days old, and was just lounging on this leaf when I walked up and spotted it.
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 16, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Leafhead
Scenes around Pleasant Valley Nature Conservancy
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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 25, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by MikeEC
I mentioned in a post a few days ago that when milkweed plants reproduce naturally such as mine have over the last three or four years, the plants grow in patches where they are very close together. It is much more difficult to keep the plants has ...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jul 3, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by MikeEC
I managed to overwinter three Eastern black swallowtail chrysalises in my unheated garage and released them about a month ago. Despite all of the various host plants and flowers throughout the yard, I did not see one until this morning. I'm hoping ...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jun 28, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by MikeEC
Rue in the pollinator garden. The plant in the photograph is Common Rue (ruta graveolens), a perennial that is the host plant for the giant swallowtail. Both photographs are of plant beds near my garage. The one of the giant swallowtail was taken ...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Mar 12, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by MikeEC
The monarch butterfly population has been in decline for several decades. The numbers today are less than 10% of what they were in 1960. There are two main reasons for this decline. First, is the use of herbicides and pesticides along with decreasing...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Mar 27, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by TerriCity
Many people do not realize it, but many plants for sale, especially at box stores like Home Depot and Lowes, are treated with insecticides, so buying these plants will kill pollinators. You need to find sources of milkweeds, nectar plants and other ...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Aug 16, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Byrd
I will forevermore call monarchs mark ups. One of my tiny humans who I'm Nanny to calls them that.
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Jul 19, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by DAB456
What kind is this? I think I know, but would like another opinion.
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Apr 14, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by TheAstroChuck
NY State Dept. of Ed. has an after-school and summer program for K-8 grade students called CROP (Creating Rural Opportunities Partnership). CROP students must receive STEM training and do some community service. The school system with which I ...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Apr 21, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by btroje
a video of the goal
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Apr 29, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by bigpawbullets
Has anyone here built a "bee hotel"? And if so, have you had success with it? I've built a butterfly hotel at the wife's request. I was skeptical about its use. But, with the proper tree bark inside, and place in a shady spot..... it does get ...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
May 7, 2018May 2018

Posted by TerriCity
Pictures of (1) new gulf fritillary, (2) my butterfly garden this year (3) Butterflies inside the exhibit tent at the St. Petersburg FL Thumb Festival (4) Butterflies in exhibit tent.
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
May 23, 2018May 2018

Posted by MikeEC
I've got the milkweed, plenty of butterfly attracting bushes and flowers, but no monarchs yet? The attached pictures show the various places I put milkweed. I like to put milkweed in pots raised a little bit and in flowerbeds for two reasons: 1) ...
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Monarch Butterflies and Other Pollinators
May 27, 2018May 2018

Posted by btroje
Out in the pasture
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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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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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