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Happy National Pollinator week! This week we celebrate the beneficial services that butterflies, bees, birds, bats ( & others not mentioned) provide to our ecosystem! . . #pollinatorhero #pollinatorswelcome #pollinatorplant #butterfly #bees #bats #outdoors #ecosystem #landscaping #landscapingdesigns #gardening #gardeningdesign #exteriordesign #exterior #houstontx #houston #htx https://www.instagram.com/p/By2pC2mgk2H/?igshid=1nxrjbyby7m95

Happy National Pollinator week! This week we celebrate the beneficial services that butterflies, bees and birds provide to our ecosystem! . . 📷 @deborasmail . #pollinatorhero #pollinatorswelcome #pollinatorplant #butterfly #bees #outdoors #ecosystem #landscaping #landscapingdesigns #gardening #gardeningdesign #exteriordesign #exterior #houstontx #houston #htx https://www.instagram.com/p/By2neW1A0OJ/?igshid=1fkkjx1enlpk6

#portaldoaprendizdoingles #Repost @natgeo (@get_repost) ・・・ Image by @joelsartore | Transforming your #pollinatormonday with the lifecycle of the cecropia moth (swipe to see). This giant moth is the largest in North America, with a wingspan of up to six inches. It feeds on leaves and is known to pollinate apple, cherry, and plum blossoms. The lifecycle of this moth is mystifying. After hatching from an egg into a caterpillar, this solitary creature will eat many times its body weight in leaves as it grows. It will then find a safe place to attach its cocoon, such as the the underside of an elder tree leaf. The caterpillar will spin a cocoon of silk fibers where it will form a chrysalis, and develop an entirely new body. Although it doesn’t look like much is going on, inside the cocoon is a very busy place. The caterpillar's body digests itself from the inside out to rebuild itself. The fluid breaks down the old caterpillar body into cells called imaginal cells, which have the potential to become any type of cell. The new body then forms from those cells, wings and all. This whole process takes about two weeks. When the time comes, fluid will secrete to soften the chrysalis and the fully formed moth will break through the fibers to dry its wings and enter the world. Now that’s a transformation! Keep it up with those images of your pollinator gardens, milkweed and monarch images. Use the hashtag #pollinatorhero so I can follow along with you! For more incredible species, follow @joelsartore. . . #pollinators #moth #crysilis #transformation #metamorphosis #cecropiamoth #conservation #animalfacts #animalconservation #photoark #natgeo #savetogether

#Repost @natgeo with @repostapp ・・・ Image by @joelsartore | On this #pollinatormonday we are celebrating the intrigue of the great monarch migration, one of the most spectacular, beautiful, and mysterious of the world’s natural phenomena. Each March and April, millions of monarchs arrive in the southern states of the U.S. from the warmth of Mexico, where they stay during the winter. The monarch lays its eggs on milkweed plants as it moves northward, and the the adults that hatch will continue the migration. It takes 2-3 generations for these butterflies to make it to the northern states and southern canada before they return in the fall to their wintering sites in October. Many people visit these sites in Mexico to experience the beauty of the fields of monarchs, providing ecotourism dollars to Mexico, and awareness of the migration to the world. Monarchs that survive the fall migration, the 4-month overwintering period, and the migration northward, may live up to 9 months. Despite their amazing endurance over thousands of years, today the monarch population is dwindling each year. We may lose the migration within five years if we don’t act fast. The reason for this decline is because there are fewer milkweed plants (the only plant upon which they lay their eggs) available to monarchs as a result of changes in agriculture, excessive mowing, and the use of pesticides and herbicides. Fortunately, if we all pitch in, we can reverse this downward trend and can keep monarchs flying. Help the monarch by planting your milkweed today. . For a complete interactive how-to guide on ordering, planting, and caring for your milkweed, click the link in my bio (@joelsartore). Don’t forget to post a picture with the hashtag #pollinatorhero to show us how you’re helping to #SaveTogether! . . #monarchs #savethebutterflies #pollinatorgardens #conservation #animalconservation #wildlifeconservation #migration #mexico #natgeo #naturephotography #monarch #wildlife