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Butterfly School at Monarch Watch Fall 2009 Open House
Chip Taylor, right, director of Monarch Watch, shows how to hold a Monarch butterfly for tagging. One of the highlights of the annual fall open house at Monarch Watch is Butterfly School, in which Chi… more →
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Butterfly Enthusiasts - Sunday Family Outing
Carol Loveless wrote 1 month ago: Lauren with butterfly friend Wildseed Farm Continuing with the whole butterfly theme, we had a mu … more →
Butterfly School at Monarch Watch Fall 2009 Open House
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Catherine Sherman wrote 2 months ago: Chip Taylor, right, director of Monarch Watch, shows how to hold a Monarch butterfly for tagging. On … more →
Monarch Watch - August 27, 2009
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Beth Parker wrote 3 months ago: Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the light, even though for the moment you do not see. … more →
Leaf Cutter Bees
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Catherine Sherman wrote 3 months ago: A leaf cutter bee enters its nest drilled in a cedar plank. Leaf cutter bees are solitary but don … more →
Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly Greeting Card
Catherine Sherman wrote 3 months ago: A Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly finds refreshment in the nectar from a zinnia flower in my garden. L … more →
Assassin in the Garden
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Catherine Sherman wrote 4 months ago: A Wheel Bug, an assassin bug, hangs out on a bronze fennel, which is the home of one of his favorite … more →
Survivor -- Caterpillar Version
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Catherine Sherman wrote 4 months ago: My garden is full of tasty plants to tempt butterflies to lay their eggs. Finally, a black swallowta … more →
Life and Death in the Garden
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Catherine Sherman wrote 5 months ago: A crab spider grabbed a honey bee that visited a common milkweed flower. This honey bee was lucky … more →
Day 320: Butterfly kisses
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gooddeedaday wrote 6 months ago: Male monarch (did not ask directions to Mexico, so it landed in Tennessee) I was complaining to a fr … more →
Monarch Watch Spring 2009 Open House
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Catherine Sherman wrote 6 months ago: My friend Deb buys some tropical milkweed at the Monarch Watch Spring Open House at the University o … more →
Orange Sulphur Butterfly on a Sunflower
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Catherine Sherman wrote 10 months ago: Orange Sulfur butterfly and a Soldier beetle compete for space on a sunflower. A "for sale … more →
Monarch Butterflies Complete Annual Migration to Mexico
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Catherine Sherman wrote 12 months ago: Dec. 3 – Millions of butterflies have found sanctuary in Mexico as they complete their annual … more →
Honey Bee and Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly
Catherine Sherman wrote 1 year ago: This honey bee found a paradise at a local nursery. After waiting in vain with my camera for butterf … more →
Batty About Birds, Bees and Butterflies
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Catherine Sherman wrote 1 year ago: Several ruby-throated hummingbirds appeared at this feeder almost as soon as it was hung at a waterf … more →
The Mystery of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly
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Catherine Sherman wrote 1 year ago: What I thought was a Black Swallowtail butterfly at Powell Gardens, Lone Jack, Missouri, 2007. Rache … more →
Cloudless Sulphur Butterflies and Caterpillars
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Catherine Sherman wrote 1 year ago: A Cloudless Sulphur butterfly visits a sunflower in a vacant lot near a big box store. Who doesn … more →
Monarch Watch
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Catherine Sherman wrote 1 year ago: Gimme Shelter! A monarch butterfly escapes the rain in the greenhouse at the annual Monarch Watch fa … more →
Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly Metamorphosis
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Catherine Sherman wrote 1 year ago: Time Lapse – Phoebis sennae Butterfly Pupates-Emerges In this video, a Cloudless Sulphur cater … more →
Monarchs take Flight
tripswithkids wrote 1 year ago: “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through t … more →
