04 Thursday Oct 2018
Posted in Photography
Following is today’s shot of the Monarch chrysalis. There is the shape of a butterfly in there, but it has not come out yet. It has been 15 days, past the 10-14 days from formation to emergence.
Monarch Chrysalis.
The milkweed plants have gone to seed. Here’s a shot of one of the seedpods.
Seedpod of Asclepias Incarnata.
There are still some flowers, and the garden still has some spots of colors.
Cleome.
Hibiscus.
Hibiscus.
27 Thursday Sep 2018
Posted in Photography
It has been warm lately, even though it is now fall according to the calendar. Cosmos flowers are still doing very well, especially some white ones.
White Cosmos.
White Cosmos.
Green Sweat Bee on Cosmos flower.
Even the Clematis plants were doing well with the help of abundant rain this past week.
Clematis.
Clematis.
I checked up on the Monarch butterfly chrysalis. It has turned to a darker green. In two or three more days a butterfly will emerge?
Monarch chrysalis.
09 Wednesday Sep 2015
Posted in Photography
Tags
calkins nature area, clouded sulphur, monarch, photography, postaday, shirley welden butterfly house
From Lafayette, IN, we drove to Badlands National Park in South Dakota, and stopped for the night half way there, in Fort Dodge, IA. An hour before our stop for the night, we went to Calkins Nature Area in Iowa Falls, to visit Shirley Welden Butterfly House where Monarch butterflies, as well as other kinds of butterflies, are raised in a protected environment surrounded by mesh wire.
Shirley Welden Butterfly House
Monarch butterflies inside Shirley Welden Butterfly House
Monarch butterfly inside Shirley Welden Butterfly House
Monarch butterfly inside Shirley Welden Butterfly House
Clouded Sulphur butterfly inside Shirley Welden Butterfly House
Distance travelled today: 560 miles
25 Tuesday Aug 2015
Posted in EBF Refuge
Tags
butterfly, edwin b forstythe national wildlife refuge, monarch, painted lady, photography, postaday, swallowtail
Milkweed was in bloom around the Visitor Center at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, and butterflies continually fluttered among its flowers and plants. Here are some photos of the three different kinds I saw yesterday.
Painted Lady
Swallowtail
Swallowtail
Monarch with hole in wing
I’ve read that it is quite possible to repair butterfly wings, either by gluing on parts of real broken wings or cellophane! There are even videos showing how to do it.
