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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

Minium: New ODU Athletics Dining Hall is a Hit With Monarch Student-Athletes https://www.diningandcooking.com/2507909/minium-new-odu-athletics-dining-hall-is-a-hit-with-monarch-student-athletes/ #dining #Monarchs #ODU #ODUAthletics #ODUMonarchs #OldDominion #OldDominionAthletics #OldDominionMonarchs #OldDominionUniversity #OldDominionUniversityAthletics #OldDominionUniversityMonarchs

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

After a week of mostly cold (for SE TX), wet, cloudy weather, the sun came out yesterday and with that I was surprised again to see some late season #butterflies, mostly #monarchs and long-tailed skippers, swarming the main blooming plant remaining in the front #garden, the mistflower. Made for this one brief encounter. Sharing is caring.

#SilentSunday #Stunday #photography #butterfly #flowers #bloomscrolling #butterflyphotography

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2019-117

The problem is..
It is easier to get mad
Than actually fix
The problem that is...

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

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2025-58

If one struggles to admit the mistake
Fixing it becomes even harder

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

I thought all the #monarchs were long gone, migrated off to parts further south - in fact there’s very little butterfly activity in the garden right now as you’d expect in late November - so I was surprised to find this straggler visiting the mistflower in the front #garden bed earlier this week.

#SilentSunday #stunday #butterfly #photography #nature #insect #butterflyphotography #bloomscrolling

Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio Troilus)
Butterfly 2025-58

Doing nice things for an expected return
Is not the selfless gift some make it seem.

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

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2019-126

Seize the opportunity to reteach lessons
Taught by the people who mattered most
As they chose to do for you

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

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2025-57

If the badge still works Monday
Maybe they forgot about last week?

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

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2025-56

Water is in fact not wet
It is what makes other things wet

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

So cool. Trackers are now so light, they can be put on butterflies and track the migration of individuals.

"PORTLAND, Ore.; November 17, 2025 — In the most comprehensive tracking study of monarch butterfly migration ever conducted, a collaboration of over 20 research and conservation organizations across four countries has successfully tracked individual monarchs over thousands of miles."

https://xerces.org/press/revolutionary-tracking-study-follows-monarch-butterflies-from-canada-to-mexico

#Butterflies #Monarchs #Migrations #Tracking #Technology

🦋 Monarchs are arriving along California’s coast — and gathering in clusters for the winter.

Early counts show thousands of butterflies settling into trees at Natural Bridges, Lighthouse Field, Pacific Grove, Marin, and Pismo Beach.

Monarchs are ectothermic — they rely on sunlight for warmth. Clustering doesn’t generate heat, but it protects them from rain and wind. Each butterfly that lands signals to others: this is a good tree.

I’ll never forget the first time I looked up and realized the “leaves” I’d been staring at were butterflies. Once you see it, the trees come alive.
Swipe to see where you can responsibly view monarchs this winter!

Learn more about visiting and protecting these amazing pollinators: https://xerces.org/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-visiting-overwintering-monarchs

Subscribe for updates on monarch sightings this season at https://westernmonarchcount.org/.

📸 Photo by Cricket Raspet

#MonarchMigration #WinterWings #PollinatorPathways #CaliforniaNature #NatureRabbitHole #Nature #Wildlife #Monarchs

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2025-54

Even after life's disappointments
We will find a way forward on Monday

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

🐸🛡️ Researchers at UC #Berkeley are uncovering how #animals survive toxins through multiple molecular strategies, including changing their own proteins so toxins can't bind, using transporters to pump toxins out of cells, and producing enzymes that break toxins down.

The work has implications for human #medicine and shows how toxins have quietly shaped entire ecosystems, such as a single molecule from a milkweed plant in #Ontario that has influenced the #evolution of #birds hunting #monarchs thousands of km away in #Mexico.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-animals-eat-poisons-and-dont-die-some-even-become-toxic-in-turn-180987594/

#science #biology #nature #animals #ecology #wildlife