I always plant things to attract them and with all the rain this year, everything has just exploded.
One of the best times of the year.
Do you know the Italian word for butterfly? Faralla! A perfect word. And the Monarchs are migrating.
I always plant things to attract them and with all the rain this year, everything has just exploded.
One of the best times of the year.
Do you know the Italian word for butterfly? Faralla! A perfect word. And the Monarchs are migrating.
Here in Connecticut we have seen very few butterflies this year. We have planted all their favorite plants but...no butterflies
ReplyDeleteSaw 3 monarchs last week. Usually by now we are seeing 6-10/day. Maybe they all decided to stay in Oaxaca instead of taking the long journey north
I was fascinated by that first one as it's completely unfamiliar to me. Looked it up and it's some type of Melanis, maybe most closely related to Melanis cephise. But yours is such a distinct variant, maybe you could get it classified and named after you. Melanis stowensii. Half joking, but hey, why not? A minuscule claim to fame.
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