Okay, it's still maybe not fit for this group; but I'ma share anyway... Barnswallow nest update:

Leafhead comments on May 28, 2018:

Birds are critters too. Welcome, Nature lover!

One of my spidey babies with a satellite snack

Leafhead comments on May 28, 2018:

What species spider?

Geranium Sanguineum.

Leafhead comments on May 28, 2018:

We have those here. We call them Cranes bill for the long seed pods

Are there places you can purchase monarchs eggs and raise for release?

Leafhead comments on May 30, 2018:

A better plan would to purchase or collect Milkweed plants or seed and attract your own. You can purchase seeds and plugs thru Monarch Watch and other organizations. Results vary depending upon your surroundings but rule of thumb is the more (Milkweed) the merrier. Areas such as sterile "green deserts", the sprayed, manicured lawn, will not do for butterflies. The first act should be to swear off all pesticides. I like to involve neighbors as well to maximize coverage. If you live near a park or other green space, you will attract butterflies quicker.

'La Jetée'

Leafhead comments on May 31, 2018:

For me it was Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It didn't really promote deep thought, but I now know the answer to life, the Universe and everything!

How do German physicists drink beer?

Leafhead comments on May 31, 2018:

Why cannot you hear a psychiatrist going to the bathroom? Because the P is silent!

Has anybody ever grown any of these?

Leafhead comments on May 31, 2018:

I have a black cherry in my front yard. It attracts Tiger Swallowtail, Red Spotted Purples and all kinds of birds. Black Callas are a favorite. The so called Bat Orchid is not an orchid, but a member of the Amyrillidaceae family. Treat similar to Spathiphyllum.

Hi Left head.

Leafhead comments on Jun 3, 2018:

My "Green Army" for 2018 Milkweed and pollinator friendly plant distribution. Pictured, Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed), Fennell and the remainder of my Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum). I gave away 50 Butterfly weed, 20 Anise Hyssop and all 23 Golden Alexander (Zizzia aurea) today. Plants distributed among three townships. No more flats! Everything is in 4" pots now. Yay!

Got the strawberry tree, 3 mangoes, the soursap, and the Southern Home grape vine planted and quite ...

Leafhead comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Strawberry tree! How lucky you are! I remember when there was one at BCC in Davie on campus there. I fell in love, but nobody was carrying it yet. It was too rare.

Thers's no ryhme or raisin to wine jokes...just grape expectations

Leafhead comments on Jun 4, 2018:

No Rhyne or raisin sounds better LOL

Nessie in the grass and a tiny gecko I ushered outside. ? these things make me smile.

Leafhead comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Sweet

Needed this laugh!!!! [facebook.com]

Leafhead comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Why does he look like Popeye or American Dad?

Canada legalizes it All eyes on Canada as first G7 nation prepares to make marijuana legal From ...

Leafhead comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Go Canada!!

More facts about the Santa Fe mass killings.

Leafhead comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Lock'em up!!

Anyone need a new coffee mug? ☺

Leafhead comments on Jun 8, 2018:

<3 it!!

My sweet little rescue dog is allergic to grass.

Leafhead comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Dichondra?

As soon as I got off work I put my Chicago hardy fig in the ground.

Leafhead comments on Jun 8, 2018:

God hates figs Mark 11:13

This is a very pretty little moth called The Hebrew (Polygrammate hebraeicum).

Leafhead comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I see it!! Pretty little Noctuid

My children are masters of nonsense. Mutated Mickey

Leafhead comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Wonderfully weird kids! Love it!

Swallowtails in central Illinois.

Leafhead comments on Jun 13, 2018:

You have some really cooperative models, and some beauties!! I look forward to flight #2 here to the north in WI.

More than enough milkweed! The attached pictures show only two of several groupings of common ...

Leafhead comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Good for you, and welcome to a wonderful journey thru butterfly gardening :) It's so important for everyone of us to do something for the declining Monarch population. Thank you for your generosity. For those opposed to or repulsed by the looks and behavior of Common Milkweed and some others, there are "face men" like Butterfly Weed and Swamp Milkweed which do not spread underground and are more appealing to the average gardener. Tell a friend. Involve neighbors. Family, too. We have got to go pesticide free and bring back pollinators and other important and remarkable Arthropods.

Tithonia from my 2014 garden.

Leafhead comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Monarchs' favorite annual, by far

My last promethea cocoon eclosed today. The result: a spectacular female.

Leafhead comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Gorgeous!

Chilling on some Thread Leaf Coreopsis, this American Lady was so enraptured in nectar that he ...

Leafhead comments on Jun 15, 2018:

Here's a better pic of Vanessa virginiensis

So! The habitat garden expansion.

Leafhead comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Depending on where you are. Black Eyed and Brown Eyed Susans, Liatris, Echinacea, Veronica, Salvia, Zinnias, Lupines and Tithonia in sun as nectar plants. Joe Pye is excellent Milkweed (Swamp, Butterfly, Purple, Whorled, Showy or Common), Pussytoes, Everlasting, Passionvine, Cassia, Fennell/Dill/Parsly/Golden Alexander, Spicebush and Aristolochia in sun as host plants. Shade includes Asclepias exaltata, or Poke Milkweed, Nettles, Virginia Bluebells, Dicentra, Jacob's Ladder and Jack in the Pulpit

Milkweed pests in central Illinois.

Leafhead comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Earwigs. A common garden pest that goes mostly for flowers and new growth. One of few insects to tolerate Milkweed. Will NOT invade brain thru ear canal lol

On this father's day, here is a very cheesy Dad joke: A polar bear walks into a bar.

Leafhead comments on Jun 19, 2018:

*Moaning in backround*

Is everyone else here as appalled as I am at what is going on at our southern border?

Leafhead comments on Jun 19, 2018:

Donald Trump thoroughly disgusts me. He had bastardized the highest office in the land. He must be stopped at ALL COSTS!

[facebook.com] not mine but I love this beauty

Leafhead comments on Jun 20, 2018:

She looks fat and full of eggs too! A nice boy toy and it's off to the nearest birch! (or Liquidambar, depending on the region)

Good morning. Here's some wtf

Leafhead comments on Jun 20, 2018:

What do you do on Monday and Tuesday? (WTF)

Tiny toad. This little fellow is about half an inch from nose to rump.

Leafhead comments on Jun 21, 2018:

<3 toads and frogs

Quick poll how does everyone feel about GMOs?

Leafhead comments on Jun 22, 2018:

GMOS are our ruination. They allow farmers to broadcast poisons like Roundup which don't touch the GMO but kills everything around it. And then we eat it! Say NO to GMOs

Strange little moth on my Echinops this AM.

Leafhead comments on Jun 23, 2018:

Some scenes from around Cherokee Marsh Conservancy today 1. Baltimore Checkers pot 2. Some members of SWBA 3. Ctenuka moth 4. Copper 5. Eastern Comma

My walk to work today.

Leafhead comments on Jun 23, 2018:

Awesome. You can almost make out where the sprites were sitting on them :)

Montreal Botantical Gardens a few years ago.

Leafhead comments on Jun 23, 2018:

I just love the Tillandsia in the upper left hand corner

[facebook.com] octopus

Leafhead comments on Jun 23, 2018:

Nice. I love octopi. Theyre damn smart. Sad they never live to see their kids :(

I received the turtle and it's a beautiful, adult female, Eastern box turtle with sequins and beads...

Leafhead comments on Jun 23, 2018:

Honestly, of all the moronic things to do... My guess is that either a vet will get it off or at least the turtle will lose this stupid bling when she sheds her scutes.

No rare steaks.

Leafhead comments on Jun 23, 2018:

Does that include sushi?

This has to change

Leafhead comments on Jun 23, 2018:

Add Abilify and/or any SSRI on the market now, including Paxil, Prozac, etc to that list of wonderful drugs

Fine. I didn't want to talk to anyone anyways.

Leafhead comments on Jun 24, 2018:

I think I get this guy's power bill every month

I had a lot of comments about the fascinating Pink Quill plant I showed in a from the Montreal ...

Leafhead comments on Jun 24, 2018:

I found one at the farmers market. It had only the quill. Then soon after I was treated to a wonderful surprise!

[facebook.com] be an insect wrangler

Leafhead comments on Jun 25, 2018:

The first scene is like oh HELL NO! I don't mind most spiders, but that's pushing it for me :/

Cone flowers popping out in our mailbox habitat:

Leafhead comments on Jun 26, 2018:

That should attract a few butterflies. Coneflowers always do :)

My Petunias in a half barrel have gone loopy . The stem is a heuchera fighting for a bit of light.

Leafhead comments on Jun 26, 2018:

"I'm a lonely little Heuchera in a Petunia patch..."

A friend heard I was posting local photos and offered this to me to share.

Leafhead comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Kinda makes me hungry for cotton candy. No-wait, mango sherbet!

I make costumes!!! I'm the weirdo in the green skirt.

Leafhead comments on Jun 26, 2018:

I bet you are the go-to person for Halloween!! Very cool indeed.

A couple of views of the flower bed in front of my house.

Leafhead comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Sweet! Thank you for doing your part in providing for the Monarch :) You are also smart to contain your Milkweed in a pot! For a nonaggressive, very attractive and easy to keep Milkweed, try Asclepias tuberosa, the Butterfly Weed. It stays low, about 18", and does NOT travel underground. It has beautiful orange flowers, and also comes in a happy yellow cultivar called "Hello Yellow". Depending on where you are, Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is another good choice for those seeking Milkweed that is both attractive and well mannered in the garden.

Even though I check milkweed every day for newly hatched caterpillars, these two pictures illustrate...

Leafhead comments on Jun 26, 2018:

I scour my Milkweed on a regular basis, and serendipity in its purest form arrived as 20 members of a garden club came to my garden for a lecture on butterfly gardening and garden tour. Suddenly, as I was beginning the tour, I looked down and there was a big fat #5 on my Swamp Milkweed! Here he is. It could not have been more perfectly time :)

Just adding to the wealth of knowledge of this group.

Leafhead comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Looks like an Orchard Spider

“From there Elisha went up to Bethel.

Leafhead comments on Jun 27, 2018:

I also think, like most of the Bible, it's disturbing. Tossup

Proverbs 31:6 New International Version Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who...

Leafhead comments on Jun 27, 2018:

So that's why you're never supposed to mix beer and wine...

Rue in the pollinator garden.

Leafhead comments on Jun 28, 2018:

Here are some recent pix

Got a load of wood chips from the local tree trimmer.

Leafhead comments on Jun 28, 2018:

What perfect timing! I have always thought that a good rain after gardening is a blessing from the Earth. It's surely not a bad sign

The rain has brought on a frogpocolypse.

Leafhead comments on Jun 29, 2018:

Great pix, especially #1. I know what you mean about invasives. I remember the native green tree frogs growing up. Now they sell them as feeders in pet stores! Disgraceful

I spotted this young fox down by the new rock garden at the front of the property and it reminded me...

Leafhead comments on Jun 29, 2018:

Awesome! I need a whole family of foxes to solve my rabbit problem! Send a fox or two my way

Confidence

Leafhead comments on Jun 29, 2018:

I like it!

A gardener's worst nightmare

Leafhead comments on Jun 29, 2018:

That and finding a f#"$ing rabbit eating my Senecio!!

88 degrees with a "feels like" of 93.

Leafhead comments on Jun 29, 2018:

Love it! I have yet to see one yet this year

88 degrees with a "feels like" of 93.

Leafhead comments on Jun 30, 2018:

Very cool :) I see them occasionally on Monarda, Penstemon and the plainest of Hostas. I have seen two larvae on my Arrowood Viburnum

Do tomatoes grow well indoors?

Leafhead comments on Jun 30, 2018:

Only thru grow lights and hydroponics. There's no substitute for good old sun and soil.

Q: What's an Australian kiss? A: The same as a French kiss, but only down under.

Leafhead comments on Jul 1, 2018:

Crazy funny!

Has everyone had yellow watermelon?

Leafhead comments on Jul 2, 2018:

For those of you in So. Fla, Canary Melon is about three times sweeter and juicier than Honeydew. It comes from Haiti and is a real treat

Just wanted to share a couple of photos of my birthday party 2 years ago.

Leafhead comments on Jul 2, 2018:

OH YEAH!

Calla lily this morning. I'm really hoping to harvest the seed pod from this one:

Leafhead comments on Jul 2, 2018:

I love Aroids of all stripes!

Need advice! Neighbor complained to my township about my "long grass and weeds" in my backyard.

Leafhead comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Can you keep some Milkweed in your gardens?

I managed to overwinter three Eastern black swallowtail chrysalises in my unheated garage and ...

Leafhead comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Horray! Still waiting to see one!

My Cat brought us a little sloworm into the house for us.

Leafhead comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Cute.

This was my small Harvest back in the winter of 2011 oops I don't know what happened to the other ...

Leafhead comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Alien gene tampering

So this happened.

Leafhead comments on Jul 5, 2018:

For the butterflies that come to fruit as well, like this Tawny Emperor

I have been trying to take photos of the hummingbirds at my feeder however it has been difficult to ...

Leafhead comments on Jul 5, 2018:

You're doing better than me. Mine all look like Bigfoot, UFOS and/or other cryptozoological "photos". Blurry and indistinct lol

The deer are starting to graze closer to the garden again, probably because it has been so dry ...

Leafhead comments on Jul 7, 2018:

I thought I had problems. I have this nest of rabbits. Baby bunnies everywhere.

Came home from work saw this beauty on the sunflowers. I have no clue what kind it is.

Leafhead comments on Jul 7, 2018:

Gulf Frittillary. The larvae feed on passion flowers

Shots from the window...

Leafhead comments on Jul 7, 2018:

Cotton Candy

I am an amateur and like taking photographs of insects, mostly.

Leafhead comments on Jul 7, 2018:

I have a question about the Milkweed that the Monarch is on. Common, or something else?

I was going to write a Drinking Song, but I never got past the first two bars.....

Leafhead comments on Jul 8, 2018:

There's a reason there are no Irish lawyers. They just can't pass the Bar!

That's enough for now. I'm tired and going to lay down :-)

Leafhead comments on Jul 8, 2018:

Someone's been busy

I don't know if bugs constitute as wildlife but I moved to Florida a year ago and I have quite a ...

Leafhead comments on Jul 9, 2018:

I have Cicada Killer Wasps yearly. They terrify my neighbors. But It is not accurate to call them hornets. Hornets, Yellow jackets and Paper Wasps all belong to one family (Polistes) and are social. Polistes wasps will defend their nests. Cicada Killers are in another family (Crabronidae) and are not social. They do not defend their nests (death chambers), and will just fly away if disturbed. It is fun to watch the males fighting over the females in Summer.

Here's one to piss off the conservative, polluting assholes at the top.

Leafhead comments on Jul 9, 2018:

That's the spirit, people!

Hey! Fuck you guys. I heard yall like Nickelback and diet soda

Leafhead comments on Jul 11, 2018:

More like Wisconsin beer and hard rock, mouse dick

It's almost that time of the year again.

Leafhead comments on Jul 11, 2018:

Beautiful snake and a wonderful educational experience. Introducing kids to Nature is always a good idea, especially before fears and deep phobias set in. I am envisioning a similar plan of bringing kids to butterflies. Guided tours of green spaces here in Wisconsin for kids and their families would go a long way in education against pesticides, and providing for the Monarch and other butterflies in the home garden. Pictured are some shots from around my garden and around WI 1. Monarch, my garden 2. Hummingbird Moth, my garden 3. Diana Fritillary, Sandhill Conservancy 4. Eyed Brown, Cherokee Marsh 5. Tawny Emperor, my feeder

The modified tire Keyhole Garden is looking

Leafhead comments on Jul 15, 2018:

Um... You must have been pretty *tired* after that project lol Looks great

Trying this again with different link. [instagram.com]

Leafhead comments on Jul 15, 2018:

Nope, nothing :(

Silly meme. But an attractive butterfly. Photoshopped or real?

Leafhead comments on Jul 16, 2018:

I have raised and released countless Black Swallowtails. I'm still here

Can any of you experts identify this vine for me?

Leafhead comments on Jul 17, 2018:

Bindweed! You'll have to do some extensive weeding to get rid of this menace! Dig up your tomatos, unwind the vines off plants, set aside, and raise hell in that bed!! You will have to get all underground runners. Once all Bindweed has been removed, you can replant your tomatoes.

We got our first bloom on our Strawberry tree. And a beautiful butterfly.

Leafhead comments on Jul 17, 2018:

Giant Swallowtail!! Beautiful, simply gorgeous!! Do you have anything in the Citrus Family for her to lay on? Rue and Gas Plants will grow where Citrus will not.

A Datana sp.

Leafhead comments on Jul 17, 2018:

In defensive pose, acting all big and bad :)

Where is that melon I was going to have for breakfast?! Dammit.

Leafhead comments on Jul 19, 2018:

I love his setup ;)

What are your fetishes?

Leafhead comments on Jul 19, 2018:

Sharing breath during kissing. Really does it to me!

What kind is this? I think I know, but would like another opinion.

Leafhead comments on Jul 20, 2018:

Red Spotted Purple for sure

I can take a long time to cum.

Leafhead comments on Jul 20, 2018:

Cymbalta does indeed dampen the libido in a big way. I am a man who could cum repeatedly and stay hard for hours, until they put me on Cymbalta. It took away 90% of my drive and I could not get or stay very hard. It took a year to kick with horrendous withdrawal, and I'm still not back 100%. And weed is illegal. Fuck that shit

Finally a useful ancient scroll. ?

Leafhead comments on Jul 20, 2018:

And I thought xianity was fucked up

Been out for a wander on a lovely Saturday afternoon on the Isle of Wight

Leafhead comments on Jul 21, 2018:

Lovely Gossamer Wings

Monsoon is here. Flowers coming out in Arizona.

Leafhead comments on Jul 21, 2018:

Beautiful.

Gorgeous moth

Leafhead comments on Jul 22, 2018:

One of the Woolly Bears, I believe

More visitors

Leafhead comments on Jul 23, 2018:

1. Cloudless Sulfur, with Gulf Fritillary 2. Gulf Fritillary. 3. Same 4. Zebra Longwing Sulfur feed on Cassias as caterpillars; Gulf Fritillaries and Longwing feed on Passionvine. Mexican Sunflower, or Tithonia (shown) is one hell of a nectar source

Batman & Robin What did Batman say to Robin before they got into the Batmobile?

Leafhead comments on Jul 23, 2018:

Batman! Batman! Where are you? I'm in the Batroom!

My sentiments exactly!

Leafhead comments on Jul 25, 2018:

For that matter, why aren't alcohol and nicotine on drug tests?

Look at the bees right rear leg.

Leafhead comments on Jul 26, 2018:

Love the Checkered Skipper in the second photo

Matthew 10:34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth.

Leafhead comments on Jul 26, 2018:

Christ on crack.

Sound of the Sinners - from the album "Sandinista!" by The Clash. Best couplet?

Leafhead comments on Jul 29, 2018:

<3 the clash!