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  1. First sighting of a Monarch this Spring!

    I have several plantings of Butterfly Weed (Asclepius tuberosa) for them to enjoy, but mainly to lay their eggs on. The plants are just now starting to bloom.

    🦋 It is very relaxing to sit on my porch and watch butterflies. Just had plant native perennials years ago.

    🦋 Related: Carrie Haubner, co‑founder of the Queen City Pollinator Project in Kentucky, tagged a Monarch with a lightweight sticker.

    🦋 That Monarch was later found at a Monarch reserve in Mexico. That's a 1600-mile trek! Also feeds into useful conservation dataset.

    🦋 Protecting their habitat and increasing populations of their host plant is important. Get involved if you can!

    @MonarchLady

    #WildflowerWednesday #ButterflyWeed
    #Monarch #MonarchButterfly #HabitatGardening #Gardening #Conservation #InsectConservation

  2. Busy B's

    Butterfly on BottleBrush, Bee Hovering nearby, Blue sky behind...

    A busy photo, I suppose, too.

    #Fenfotos #nature #photography #butterfly #MonarchButterfly #NaturePhotography #bottlebrush

    Added to _Flickr_ "Nature" album, accessible (free):
    flic.kr/aHsjHHQKce

  3. #MonarchButterfly #migration #radio #Blu #BluMorphoTags

    Today's update from Monarch Watch's Director is in the form of a blog post which somewhat recaps the reports she posted yesterday. #JourneyNorth is reporting that one of the sanctuaries in Mexico where monarchs received radio BluMorpho tags has completely broken camp, so the migration momentum continues to build. Link to the blog is in the comments section

    journeynorth.org/news/more-mon…

  4. I used to be really into insect photography, because macro photography is fun. I took these back in like 2013ish? Maybe fedi will like them.

    The mantis was my pet, and the butterfly was from a "butterfly kit".

    #insects #insect #prayingmantis #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #mantis #bugstodon

  5. From a tiny egg on a milkweed leaf to a butterfly that can travel over a thousand miles, the monarch’s life is full of transformation and obstacles.

    Most never make it to adulthood—but those that survive help produce the next generation. 🦋🌿

    #nature #monarchbutterfly #lifecycles #naturerabbithole

  6. From a tiny egg on a milkweed leaf to a butterfly that can travel over a thousand miles, the monarch’s life is full of transformation and obstacles.

    Most never make it to adulthood—but those that survive help produce the next generation. 🦋🌿

    #nature #monarchbutterfly #lifecycles #naturerabbithole

  7. From a tiny egg on a milkweed leaf to a butterfly that can travel over a thousand miles, the monarch’s life is full of transformation and obstacles.

    Most never make it to adulthood—but those that survive help produce the next generation. 🦋🌿

    #nature #monarchbutterfly #lifecycles #naturerabbithole

  8. From a tiny egg on a milkweed leaf to a butterfly that can travel over a thousand miles, the monarch’s life is full of transformation and obstacles.

    Most never make it to adulthood—but those that survive help produce the next generation. 🦋🌿

    #nature #monarchbutterfly #lifecycles #naturerabbithole

  9. From a tiny egg on a milkweed leaf to a butterfly that can travel over a thousand miles, the monarch’s life is full of transformation and obstacles.

    Most never make it to adulthood—but those that survive help produce the next generation. 🦋🌿

    #nature #monarchbutterfly #lifecycles #naturerabbithole

  10. I thought I would continue combining other media with cyanotype. This is a unique hand made multimedia print with linocuts and cyanotype on watercolour paper (11” x 14”). On top of the cyanotype print of Canada goldenrod, I made a lino block print of the wildflower along with a monarch butterfly and an endangered Karner blue butterfly.

    minouette.etsy.com/listing/437

    #cyanotype #linocut #printmaking #goldenrod #monarchButterfly #KarnerBlueButterfly #endangeredSpecies #pollinator #multimedia #mastoArt

  11. Oh, and of course all the stuff that's gone wild -- #Milkweed, #Asters, #Catnip and #Oregano. Our #pollinator friends appreciated that. Saw the last young #MonarchButterfly about to fly south the other day.

    #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningThoughts #SolarPunkSunday

  12. Oh, and of course all the stuff that's gone wild -- #Milkweed, #Asters, #Catnip and #Oregano. Our #pollinator friends appreciated that. Saw the last young #MonarchButterfly about to fly south the other day.

    #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningThoughts #SolarPunkSunday

  13. Oh, and of course all the stuff that's gone wild -- #Milkweed, #Asters, #Catnip and #Oregano. Our #pollinator friends appreciated that. Saw the last young #MonarchButterfly about to fly south the other day.

    #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningThoughts #SolarPunkSunday

  14. Oh, and of course all the stuff that's gone wild -- #Milkweed, #Asters, #Catnip and #Oregano. Our #pollinator friends appreciated that. Saw the last young #MonarchButterfly about to fly south the other day.

    #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningThoughts #SolarPunkSunday

  15. For day 5 of #SciArtSeptember prompt corridor I am sharing the pollinator garden work which I made for my show about the future of pollination for Manufactured Ecosystems. Using collaged linocut prints I built up this little garden with multiple native wildflowers, bees, moths, butterflies, beetles and a log, complete with some holes as homes for native bees. 🧵1/n

    #printmaking #wildflowers #sciart #pollination #monarchButterfly #EasternSwallowtail #bumblebee #sweatBee #mastoArt

  16. Lovely Art Museum in Winona, Minnesota by the Mississippi River.

    They had a three mile long painting on rollers.

    I was happy to see a #MonarchButterfly

    #Minnesota #Winona #MinnesotaMuseumOfMarineArt

  17. *SQUEE*

    A plump monarch butterfly caterpillar on milkweed in the under-the-cherryTree flowerbed on the sidewalk.

    This made my day. 💚🤩😍🐛✨

    I grew the milkweed from seeds and planted them several years ago.

    #monarchButterfly #caterpillar #bugsAreCool #insects

  18. I’m seeing invasive dog-strangling vine pop up around my neighbourhood. Now’s a great time to get rid of it… long before it goes to seed or starves monarch butterfly caterpillars who thought they were safely on milkweed. Join my anti-dog-strangling vine vendetta on behalf of the monarchs?

    Summer is a good time to remove it. Look for the lance-shaped leaves, green stem that twists around 🧵1/n

    #mastoArt #linocut #gelPrinting #gelPlatePrinting #swallowwort #monarchButterfly #sciart #pollinators

  19. These are a couple of native species I grow in my yard instead of the grass that was there when we arrived. This is a hard carved, hand printed Lino print with collaged Japanese washi papers of a clump of black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia hirta) with a cone flower (Echinacea) & a monarch butterfly. These beautiful wildflowers are garden favourites popular with the pollinators. minouette.etsy.com/listing/121

    #linocut #printmaking #mastoArt #echinecea #blackEyedSusans #monarchButterfly #pollinators

  20. More of my pollinator garden work in progress about the future of pollination for Manufactured Ecosystems.

    I’m thinking about a variety of futures possible for pollination and pollinators. Planting native plants wherever you are can foster these species on whom we and our ecosystems depend.

    #printmaking #wildflowers #sciart #pollination #commonMilkweed #echinecea #monarchButterfly #EasternSwallowtail #wildColumbine #CanadaColumbine #ecosystems #butterflies #nativeBee #MastoArt