#monarchmigration

NOT SO FAST!

I witnessed more life One day in a golden patch They hardly knew I was there Too busy to care #goldenrod #fieldofdreams #polinators #backyardphotography #haikuphotography #keepitwildkeepitbeautiful #communityofpoets #lifeispoetryinmotion #monarchmigration #niagarariverregion #shoresofontario #poeticsoul #haikupoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/CFCKwz-hbBs/?igshid=1f65i8ss0cwt4

Butterfly tree 🦋 #butterflies🦋 #monarchbutterfly #monarchmigration #naturebrilliance #naturephotography #natureaddict #bluesky #wonderlust (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG-PVsTrOY8hKIhKkwCnqZHhcitfNTXjjxKKcM0/?igshid=1x3v93eb1rdaz

The University of Richmond is at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden today to study Monarch butterflies in the Garden! We are teaming up with students and Jennifer Sevin, Ph.D., Lecturer of Biology, Department of Biology, to collect monarch specimens and do some basic wellness assessments (weight, color, wing size) before we tag them for Monarch Watch and then release them. so that they can be tracked during their migration and then released. After data collection, Butterfly Curator Daniel Wright will give the students a tour of the exhibit and emergence room and speak a little bit about our local pollinators. . . . . . #urichmond #pollinators #Monarchs #monarchwatch #migration #monarchmigration #Edu #education #butterflies @URNews2Use (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3FgBRfpn2J/?igshid=1k0l812vib76t

Swarm (2015) I'm busy inking my next graphic novel, Jukebox, but loving the beautiful butterfly photos folks are sharing! #nidhichanani #butterflies #monarchmigration #everydaylove https://www.instagram.com/p/Bve14vKAlsJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rifc0n9l5qyt

See the tiny monarch caterpillar eating the milkweed flower? Monarch butterflies from eastern North America fly thousands of miles south to overwinter in sacred firs on mountains 62 miles northwest of Mexico City, in sanctuaries protected by the Mexican government. In the spring, these individuals will then fly to Texas to a milkweed patch to lay eggs, and four or five generations later, at this point next year, we will see this scene again near Philadelphia in our milkweed patch. They only eat milkweed. It serves them well! They use the toxic steroids (called cardenolides) of milkweed plants to taste horrible to predators, sometimes even causing illness. Please plant milkweed if you don’t already - you’ll help this endangered indigenous American butterfly continue to make its annual trip by creating a landing place - a sanctuary. #nobordersnowalls #sanctuary #monarch #mariposamonarca #monarchbutterfly #milkweed #cardenolides #monarchmigration #abyayala

Many Mexicans participate in the Day of the Dead (Nov 2) festivities dressed up as monarch butterflies. According to traditional belief, the Monarchs represent the souls of their ancestors.