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| Monarch caterpillar |
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| I think it was orange with the wings open |
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| The little orange one in the right corner |
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| A very large butterfly |
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| Fast and pretty |
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Milkweed Flowers and Butterflies
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I believe the butterflies are(from top to bottom):
Great Spangled Fritillary
a skipper of some kind (I'm not sure which)
Spicebush Swallowtail
Silver-Spotted Skipper
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Leilani's Aunt
Definitely agree on Great Spangled. I believe it's a Tawny-edged Skipper. Toss-up between Spicebush and Black Swallowtail, mostly because some is hidden behind the flower. Definitely Silver-Spotted. Beautiful!
≥Kit Kat≤
Don't monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed pods?
Thanks guys! I knew I could count on you two! Monarchs lay their eggs on the undersides of the leaves, in several cycles over the spring/summer. I found this caterpillar in the field, but have a chrysalis already at home in a bug box which will come out next week as the butterfly.
This is a good example of why you don't want to harvest too much of any one plant. Leave lots behind for the wildlife and so it can reproduce. I never take more than 5% of anything, unless it's a non-native species.
Here is another example where we feel we need to clarify that we are aware of responsible foraging practices and don't need a lecture or suggestion of how to to it. There are 5-9 flower clusters on each plant stalk, and perhaps 1000 flower stalks in one of the 5 open fields in this area. We picked probably 40 flower clusters in the whole property. Robert does spend lots of time photographing and not gathering anything at all. We are 2 adults and one child, we are aware, we are responsible. If the 6 billion people on the planet started foraging on this parcel of unnames property, there might be a problem, but the 3 of us don't need the lesson.
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