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All about those Monarchs
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Posted By: normhead, 08-20-2018, 01:01 PM

There was plentiful food source this year.

The weather was perfect of milkweed plants apparently. They have thrived.



As have the little guys that live under their leaves.


Apparently this guy in three weeks will look like the ones in the rest of the photos, now feasting on this late summer plant, who's name I'm unfamiliar with.







They are no doubt packing in the calories for the long trip to Mexico.

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Nice series Norm!
Third photo down is unavailable.
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In the US, methods used to combat Milkweeds is a major threat to Monarch Butterflies.
Thank you for these images that show this lifecycle.
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In the US, methods used to combat Milkweeds is a major threat to Monarch Butterflies.
Thank you for these images that show this lifecycle.
there has been a push here to protect milkweed. I see it growing in people's front yards...

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Fascinating!
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Nice series Norm!
Third photo down is unavailable.
Hopefully fixed, thanks.

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In the US, methods used to combat Milkweeds is a major threat to Monarch Butterflies.
Thank you for these images that show this lifecycle.
Environmental groups up here are selling milkweed seeds to encourage people to plan them.

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there has been a push here to protect milkweed. I see it growing in people's front yards...
Seeing these butterflies is awesome. I hop they start visiting those places.

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Fascinating!
While taking these images I was talking to a woman I found walking the roadside looking for them. Her neighbours call her butterfly lady, and she's been collecting laeve and caterpillars like the ones above and watching the little guys turn into butterflies before setting them free for years.
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This summer I've been seeing them more often than before. Not sure if it's me keeping my eyes open, or milkweed planting is helping

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I miss the broadleaf milkweed so thanks for the well made photos .
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Wow. Great photos.
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Hopefully fixed, thanks.
It still seems to be AWOL...
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I actually have fewer milkweeds in my yard than in years past. I think you need a large bunch of them before the Monarchs will notice.

Nice pictures.
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This summer I've been seeing them more often than before. Not sure if it's me keeping my eyes open, or milkweed planting is helping
Hopefully it's the milkweed lanting, but they seem to be having a bumper year. Butterfly lady says it's their first good year in about 10 years

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I miss the broadleaf milkweed so thanks for the well made photos .
No problem.

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Wow. Great photos.
Thanks.

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It still seems to be AWOL...
I think I have it right now. It's right on my computers, but I think I got fooled last time when my browser loaded a cached page, I guess it could happen agian.

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I actually have fewer milkweeds in my yard than in years past. I think you need a large bunch of them before the Monarchs will notice.

Nice pictures.
Thanks for commenting.
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I think I have it right now. It's right on my computers, but I think I got fooled last time when my browser loaded a cached page, I guess it could happen agian.
Yep, it's there now. An excellent photo worth the wait.
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Great set of pics. The caterpillar is a bit of a puzzle though. Hard to say if its coming or going.
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Glad you have lots of them up there Norm as it means there will be lots of them down here in a few weeks time. The local National Park (Point Pelee) is a major stop-over on the Monarch migration route to Mexico. At the height of the season the trees literally turn orange and black as tens of thousands of them roost before making the crossing across Lake Erie as they have to wait for a favourable wind to assist their passage. The Park usually organizes groups of volunteers to do a butterfly count too.
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