My garden was buzzing today!
(Info in alt text)
I did order the sticker design I posted the other day. Seemed popular : )
#bloomscrolling #butterfly #butterflies #moths #nature #color #joy




My garden was buzzing today!
(Info in alt text)
I did order the sticker design I posted the other day. Seemed popular : )
#bloomscrolling #butterfly #butterflies #moths #nature #color #joy
Report: State of the Butterflies in the United States
🦋 More than one-fifth of our butterflies disappeared between 2000 and 2020.
🦋 Over 40% of assessed species fell in numbers by 50% or more—and two dozen species suffered more than 90% losses.
🦋 "Butterfly habitat should be woven into all parts of our landscapes—farmland, utility corridors, solar arrays, bike paths, roadsides, natural areas, and backyard and community gardens—to provide homes for common and wide-ranging butterflies as well as rare and at-risk species."
🦋 "To recover butterflies, we must combine efforts across towns and cities, working lands, and natural areas as well as in the linkages and stepping stones which provide connecting pathways."
👉 All is not lost! Have a garden, pots or access to a natural area or park? Join me in building back habitat for butterflies. I will post useful resources and share my experiences and tips. Share yours as well.
🌷 I'll also post butterfly gardens from my travels. Many have a head start in this.
https://xerces.org/publications/scientific-reports/state-of-butterflies-in-united-states
#ButterflyConservation 🧵
#Butterflies#Nature#Conservation#Gardening#HabitatGardening#BiodiversityGardening
Report: State of the Butterflies in the United States
🦋 More than one-fifth of our butterflies disappeared between 2000 and 2020.
🦋 Over 40% of assessed species fell in numbers by 50% or more—and two dozen species suffered more than 90% losses.
🦋 "Butterfly habitat should be woven into all parts of our landscapes—farmland, utility corridors, solar arrays, bike paths, roadsides, natural areas, and backyard and community gardens—to provide homes for common and wide-ranging butterflies as well as rare and at-risk species."
🦋 "To recover butterflies, we must combine efforts across towns and cities, working lands, and natural areas as well as in the linkages and stepping stones which provide connecting pathways."
👉 All is not lost! Have a garden, pots or access to a natural area or park? Join me in building back habitat for butterflies. I will post useful resources and share my experiences and tips. Share yours as well.
🌷 I'll also post butterfly gardens from my travels. Many have a head start in this.
https://xerces.org/publications/scientific-reports/state-of-butterflies-in-united-states
#ButterflyConservation 🧵
#Butterflies#Nature#Conservation#Gardening#HabitatGardening#BiodiversityGardening
I found this delightful book "Fishes of the Wissahickon Creek", by R. Bruce Gebhardt, at the Free Library in Chestnut Hill. It is theoretically possible to order it from the Academy of Natural Sciences (tho my order has not arrived yet): https://secure.touchnet.com/C20688_ustores/web/store_cat.jsp?STOREID=73&CATID=514&SINGLESTORE=true
The intro says he also self-published "Butterfly Blocks: The Butterflies of West Mount Airy (2002-2004)". I tried asking the Academy about it and they know nothing. Any ideas for finding a copy?
Bonkin' Butterflies!
Er, should I have said, Common Blue mating on a Plantain seed head?
On my pristine "lawn".
Bonkin' Butterflies!
Er, should I have said, Common Blue mating on a Plantain seed head?
On my pristine "lawn".
I found this delightful book "Fishes of the Wissahickon Creek", by R. Bruce Gebhardt, at the Free Library in Chestnut Hill. It is theoretically possible to order it from the Academy of Natural Sciences (tho my order has not arrived yet): https://secure.touchnet.com/C20688_ustores/web/store_cat.jsp?STOREID=73&CATID=514&SINGLESTORE=true
The intro says he also self-published "Butterfly Blocks: The Butterflies of West Mount Airy (2002-2004)". I tried asking the Academy about it and they know nothing. Any ideas for finding a copy?
The Hackberry Emperor butterfly, whose only host plant is the hackberry tree. This not the first I've seen this week...Which fits as I've had so many young hackberry trees pop up in the yards this year, hinting at a hidden larger tree nearby.
Grow hackberry, get butterfly! Yay!
#butterfly #butterflies #hackberry#nature#photography#photo#HomegrownNationalPark#GrowItTheyWillCome
The Hackberry Emperor butterfly, whose only host plant is the hackberry tree. This not the first I've seen this week...Which fits as I've had so many young hackberry trees pop up in the yards this year, hinting at a hidden larger tree nearby.
Grow hackberry, get butterfly! Yay!
#butterfly #butterflies #hackberry#nature#photography#photo#HomegrownNationalPark#GrowItTheyWillCome
Someone is eating my Orange Milkweed flowers!
As he is supposed to do 😍.
Found a few more Monarch caterpillars on the Orange and the pink Common Milkweeds.
Someone is eating my Orange Milkweed flowers!
As he is supposed to do 😍.
Found a few more Monarch caterpillars on the Orange and the pink Common Milkweeds.
Today's #MothOfTheDay is a tiny 4mm micromoth (about a grain of rice). Micros are known by their Latin name first, with vernacular as secondary.
LOBESIA RELIQUANA (Wood Marble) A tortrix moth; ergo it spins leaves to create larvae shelters. Hard to photo in focus with 6yr old iPhone because it's so miniscule!
#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies#MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #conservation #biodiversity #alttext
Today's #MothOfTheDay is a tiny 4mm micromoth (about a grain of rice). Micros are known by their Latin name first, with vernacular as secondary.
LOBESIA RELIQUANA (Wood Marble) A tortrix moth; ergo it spins leaves to create larvae shelters. Hard to photo in focus with 6yr old iPhone because it's so miniscule!
#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies#MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #conservation #biodiversity #alttext
Zerene Fritillary, Argynnis zerene, resting on some grass at Iwetemlaykin
Zerene Fritillary, Argynnis zerene, resting on some grass at Iwetemlaykin
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