One monarch's journey from Kentucky to Mexico
Wow! What a journey! Read this article by Ryan Van Velzer in https://wfpl.org/from-ky-to-mexico-one-butterflys-journey/?fbclid=IwAR2mc4kC...
Monarchs still brighten our days
Monarchs flutter and zip daily through our garden, almost a constant presence these days. We still are in awe each time we see them, and...
Plant to feed insects
Exactly. Once upon a time we all thought that insects were threatening because they eat plants. But now more and more people are...
Monarch activity in the garden
In past years I posted often about the development of monarch butterfly caterpillars feeding on our milkweed plants. Since we are...
Skipper Weather
Although the air quality varies day by day, hour by hour, due to smoky air from the Northern California fires, it isn't terrible compared...
Common Checkered Skippers in the Morning
It's already a treat to discover a Common Checkered Skippers Pyrgus communis resting in the morning, but to see two of them perched in...
Participate in the 2021-22 Symbolic Monarch Migration
You too, can participate! https://mailchi.mp/9f1d25a824c2/the-2021-22-symbolic-migration-season-opens?e=c1637d8979&fbclid=IwAR2-YRhgj5TKt...
Saving the Monarchs
Monarch butterfly on a flowerhead of our Seacliff Buckwheat Eriogonum parvifolium plant. A plan called Monarch Head Start has now...
Monarch caterpillars still munching on our milkweed
We are trying hard to help the monarch population by growing some native milkweed plants in large pots around our patio. And my main...
A Checkered White
I've never seen a Checkered White butterfly Pontia protodice before. It was visiting our native patch a few days ago. At first I thought...
