Ooh, it's Monarch Number Three
The day after the second monarch, a male, emerged and flew away, the third chrysalis was in a hurry to eclose. In the late morning, this...
Presenting Mr Monarch Butterfly
This male monarch pupated beneath the lip of a large pot containing a rose plant. He is number two of our emerged monarchs and eclosed a...
Another Monarch Chrysalis getting ready
How exciting to see the chrysalides preparing to eclose! This is chrysalis number two. We check them several times a day, just to try to...
Another monarch chrysalis in the shrubbery
Aha! Another monarch chrysalis. This one is on the same shrub as another chrysalis that I observed last week. When you're patient and...
Sleeping Yellow-Faced Bumble Bees
How sweet. Yesterday morning I discovered these two Yellow-faced bumble bees Bombus vosnesenskii asleep on separate nude buckwheat ...
Butterfly weather
On days with higher temperatures the butterflies seem to appear everywhere. This is a Variable Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona sipping...
First monarch to eclose
Oh what a wondrous sight! Yesterday the first monarch, a female, emerged from her chrysalis. The day before I noticed that the chrysalis...
Monarch Wonders
Currently there are at least four monarch chrysalides around the patio, all within the vicinity of the potted milkweed plants, where they...
Monarch Madness
Oh my, how voracious the monarch caterpillars can be. Our milkweed plants are all in pots, but a Davis Showy Milkweed decided to grow up...
Sleeping Bumble Bees
You just never know what you'll discover in the garden, early in the morning. I was checking the water in the bird bath, and happened to...
