13 Sunday Aug 2017
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Last week, in Prairie Sun Redux I posted a photo of three Rudbeckia Prairie Sun which had bloomed after their predecessors had been eaten by deer. Well, those deer also ate them and there is no bud left to bloom for the rest of the year. Sigh.
Only milkweed and Cosmos flowers remain. Here are a few shots of them at the height of the season.
Bee and butterfly on milkweed.
Cosmos
Cosmos
05 Saturday Aug 2017
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There are definitely two Monarch butterflies in our backyard. We have been seeing them fluttering back and forth among the pink milkweed plants, or flying in tandem up and down. As soon as I got home yesterday, they swung by the glass patio door, challenging me to come out and take their pictures.
Monarch butterfly.
Monarch butterfly.
Monarch butterfly.
Monarch butterfly.
Monarch butterfly.
Monarch butterfly.
27 Thursday Jul 2017
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Three years ago, I planted pink milkweed, Asclepias Incarnata, in the back of our house to attract and help Monarch butterflies, whose number has been in decline in recent years. The first year several came, and then there were Monarch caterpillars crawling on the milkweed plants. Then after a few days they disappeared, maybe eaten by the many birds flying around our bird feeder. Last year, not one single Monarch showed up.
This year, at least one did appear, captured in the following photos.
Monarch butterfly.
Monarch butterfly.
Monarch butterfly.
Monarch butterfly.
Monarch butterfly.
