#monarchs — Public Fediverse posts

To Help Save Monarchs, Oklahoma Conservationists Work to Repair a Plant’s Weedy Reputation https://www.allforgardening.com/1930171/to-help-save-monarchs-oklahoma-conservationists-work-to-repair-a-plants-weedy-reputation/ #environment #GardeningOklahoma #Monarchs #oklahoma #wildlife

📰 Forest Restoration Efforts Help Monarchs Hold Their Ground

🌎 Mexico: New monitoring data indicate that eastern monarch butterfly populations increased for a second consecutive year in their Mexican wintering grounds.

🦋 Researchers reported larger areas of monarch-covered forest compared with the two previous years, suggesting a period of relative stability after long declines.

🔬 Habitat restoration efforts, including milkweed plantings across North America, are helping monarchs persist despite ongoing pressures.

🔗 https://e360.yale.edu/digest/monarch-butterfly-recovery

#InsectSaturday #Monarchs #HabitatRestoration #Pollinators #Conservation #EcologicalRestoration

‘Bee’ the change: Douglas County gardeners show off their pollinator habitat – Alexandria Echo Press https://www.allforgardening.com/1915631/bee-the-change-douglas-county-gardeners-show-off-their-pollinator-habitat-alexandria-echo-press/ #alexandria #AlexandriaEchoPress #BoardOfWaterAndSoilResources #DouglasCounty #EchoPress #garden #gardener #gardening #LawnsToLegumes #minnesota #Monarchs #PollinatorHabitate #pollinators

#MonarchButterfly in the #Hydrangea, Back #garden, East End, #Toronto
#butterfly #Butterflies #ButterflySky #Monarch #Monarchs #flowers #bloomscrolling

Gardener paused mid-watering, and at least five monarchs turned the milkweed into a show https://www.allforgardening.com/1864675/gardener-paused-mid-watering-and-at-least-five-monarchs-turned-the-milkweed-into-a-show/ #garden #gardener #gardening #milkweed #MonarchButterflies #Monarchs #NativePlants

Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio Troilus)
Butterfly 2026-4

When we accept limitations
We risk becoming them

#butterfly #butterflies #monarch #monarchs #macro #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis)
Butterfly 2026-3a

Try to see through the little things
and stay focused on what matters

#butterfly #butterflies #monarch #monarchs #macro #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2018-85

What if things just got better
a little bit each day

#butterfly #butterflies #monarch #monarchs #believe #macro #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

Sara Longwing (Heliconius sara)
Butterfly 2019-86

Sometimes making the most of a day
Is just hanging out in a happy place

#butterfly #butterflies #monarch #monarchs #macro #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis)
Butterfly 2026-3

Labels can be less relevant
Than that which they describe

#butterfly #butterflies #monarch #monarchs #macro #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

Point Pelee: A Monarch Superhighway

While famous for birding, Point Pelee National Park is also a critical stop on the monarch butterfly migration. In autumn, tens of thousands of monarchs gather at the park's southern tip, resting & waiting for favourable winds before making the perilous flight across Lake Erie. This natural spectacle turns the park's trees orange and black with butterflies. #Canada #PointPelee #Monarchs #Migration 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Pelee_National_Park

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2019-28

Just barely hanging on
Itself is an act of defiance at times

#butterfly #butterflies #monarch #monarchs #macro #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Butterfly 2026-2

Once I realize I am only kidding myself
It's usually not that funny

#butterfly #butterflies #monarch #monarchs #macro #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

Point Pelee: A Monarch Superhighway

While famous for birding, Point Pelee National Park is also a critical stop on the monarch butterfly migration. In autumn, tens of thousands of monarchs gather at the park's southern tip, resting & waiting for favourable winds before making the perilous flight across Lake Erie. This natural spectacle turns the park's trees orange and black with butterflies. #Canada #PointPelee #Monarchs #Migration 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Pelee_National_Park

Bulletin #7151, Landscaping for #Butterflies in #Maine (PDF)

This fact sheet was developed by: Nancy Coverstone, Extension educator, Jim Dill, Extension pest management specialist, and Lois Berg Stack, Extension ornamental horticulture specialist.

Table of Contents:

- The Life Cycle of Butterflies
- Common Maine Butterflies
- How to Create Habitat that Entices Butterflies
- “Wild” Places Attract Butterflies
- #NativePlants Support Butterflies
- Design Tips for a Successful #ButterflyGarden
- Nectar Sources for Butterflies and Moths
- Larval Food Sources
- Further Readings

"Butterflies are beautiful insects, and they are also an important part of the ecosystem. In their search for nectar, they spread pollen from one flower to another and help ensure seed for new generations of plants. They also recycle nutrients and are prey for many species of birds, spiders and small mammals. Gardening and landscaping can create or enhance habitats for butterflies so they may survive and thrive. Whether your yard is in a city, suburb or rural community, you can make it a haven for butterflies.

Butterflies belong to the insect order Lepidoptera, along with moths and skippers. All species of butterflies in Maine, of which there are more than one hundred, have four wings covered with small scales. The butterfly families in Maine are #swallowtails (Papilionidae), whites and sulphurs (Pieridae), gossamer-wings (Lycaenidae), brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae), #monarchs (Danaidae), and arctics and satyrs (Satyridae), which includes the endangered #KatahdinArctic. Skippers (#Hesperiidae) have characteristics of both butterflies and moths.

When developing a landscape for butterflies, first consider butterfly species present in your area and their preferred habitats. Then consider plants suited to your climate and your backyard habitat. Assess what your landscape already provides, and add to that. Each butterfly species has a preference or need for a particular habitat type, such as meadow, woods, woodland edges or marshes. Also, some species are specialists, while others are generalists regarding food sources. The habitat preference as well as plants you provide will determine your success in attracting a particular butterfly species. An identification field guide will prove helpful."

Learn more:
https://extension.umaine.edu/publications/7151e/

#SolarPunkSunday #ButterflyHabitat #BackyardHabitats #GardeningForPollinators #UMaineExtension #UMaineCooperativeExtension

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2019-112

It can take effort
To not let the little things bug you

#butterfly #butterflies #monarch #monarchs #macro #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

Article about butterfly declines across North America, with a focus on monarchs. One of the primary threats is pesticide use.
Researchers analyzed 336 individual plants, including milkweeds, in the US and found only 22 did not have detectable pesticides.
In some cases, 100% of milkweed sold at retail nurseries had detectable levels of pesticides.
#butterflies #entomology #science #biology #monarchs #insects #bugs

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/butterflies-are-in-dramatic-decline-across-north-america-a-close-look-at-the-western-monarch-shows-why-180988582/

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2018-19

It would be great if each day would
Exceed our expectations

#butterfly #butterflies #monarch #monarchs #macro #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

‘A spokesperson for the Stop Trump Coalition has called the US state visit a national embarrassment, criticising the US president’s war in Iran and how it’s driving up prices in the UK.

Jake Atkinson said: “Keir Starmer sending the King to wine and dine with the warmonger-in-chief signals we are happy to green-light Trump’s illegal actions around the world, no matter how much chaos they cause.’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/king-charles-us-visit-trump-live-updates-b2965197.html

Why appease a sex offender embezzling monies from the people of the USA, who also threatens world peace with his racketeering to finance a programme of genocide and ecocide? #oligarchs #plutocrats #Monarchs #Affordability #FascistCollaborators #TheIVReich #TheFederationOfResistance

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2025-29

Photons have properties of both energy and matter
Depending on how they are observed.
The universe is actually how we choose to see it

#doubleslitexperiment #butterfly #butterflies #monarch #monarchs #photography #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

🐛 Oh, the tragedy! As if enabling #JavaScript wasn't enough of a Herculean task, now we're supposed to save the #butterflies too? 🦋 Don't worry, Western #Monarchs, we're just one cookie click away from changing the world! 🍪🌍
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/butterflies-are-in-dramatic-decline-across-north-america-a-close-look-at-the-western-monarch-shows-why-180988582/ #Cookies #Conservation #HackerNews #ngated

Butterfly 2020-69
Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

We often expect change to be delivered
But too often to take out a problem
We have stand up to affect things

#butterfly #butterflies #monarch #monarchs #macro #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

Point Pelee: A Monarch Superhighway

While famous for birding, Point Pelee National Park is also a critical stop on the monarch butterfly migration. In autumn, tens of thousands of monarchs gather at the park's southern tip, resting & waiting for favourable winds before making the perilous flight across Lake Erie. This natural spectacle turns the park's trees orange and black with butterflies. #Canada #PointPelee #Monarchs #Migration 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Pelee_National_Park

The worst April Fools prank ever because it's so believable. This is just the thing Trump WOULD do. #MonarchButterflies #Monarchs #MonarchMigration

texasbutterflyranch.com/2026/0…

Point Pelee: A Monarch Superhighway

While famous for birding, Point Pelee National Park is also a critical stop on the monarch butterfly migration. In autumn, tens of thousands of monarchs gather at the park's southern tip, resting & waiting for favourable winds before making the perilous flight across Lake Erie. This natural spectacle turns the park's trees orange and black with butterflies. #Canada #PointPelee #Monarchs #Migration 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Pelee_National_Park

Minium: New ODU Athletics Dining Hall is a Hit With Monarch Student-Athletes

By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – As you head to the “made to order action” station, …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #Monarchs #ODU #ODUAthletics #ODUMonarchs #OldDominion #OldDominionAthletics #OldDominionMonarchs #OldDominionUniversity #OldDominionUniversityAthletics #OldDominionUniversityMonarchs
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2507909/minium-new-odu-athletics-dining-hall-is-a-hit-with-monarch-student-athletes/

https://www.ft.com/content/b6ad9dde-d034-4cfa-a9d0-e799f8360d9d

Prediction: this is DOA just like #NEOM in #SaudiArabia

#MiddleEast is a dying region for all except the #billionaires #monarchs #oligarchs #plutocrats

Folks from that region should cut a deal with the likes of Kushner - here is our land, in return for a place in the higher latitudes in #Europe #Russia #Canada - Deal?

#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #survival #extinction

Point Pelee: A Monarch Superhighway

While famous for birding, Point Pelee National Park is also a critical stop on the monarch butterfly migration. In autumn, tens of thousands of monarchs gather at the park's southern tip, resting & waiting for favourable winds before making the perilous flight across Lake Erie. This natural spectacle turns the park's trees orange and black with butterflies. #Canada #PointPelee #Monarchs #Migration 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Pelee_National_Park