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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-14-2015, 08:34 PM
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A few more of the emrging monarchs.
Freshly out, wings not expanded
Closeup of upper body and head.
Wing scales detail
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-01-2015, 08:41 PM
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I've never had Monarchs myself until this year when a forgotten Milkweed I planted a couple of years back re sprouted and I saw a Monarch landing on it. Seems they may be coming back as there is a lot of attention on re planting milkweed for them. If you plant some maybe you will get lucky too .:)
Thanks sinjin!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-01-2015, 02:48 PM
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The Monarch caterpillars have become pendants of jade and gold.
 K52S5718 by crewl1, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-29-2015, 06:09 PM
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I was able to catch one of our Gulf Fritillary's emerging previously.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-29-2015, 11:39 AM
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A new set of babies hatched about a week ago, here is one on a Tropical Milkweed that has been stripped by the bigger cats.
The first batch is going to be starting to go to chrysalis pretty soon I think.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-26-2015, 01:03 PM
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Out of the 7 eggs I noticed on May 8 only 4 have reached into this large stage, with the biggest one about 1.5 inches now.
They are so big I no longer need the Q to get in tight, so I plan to get some better portraits with the K-5/3 in the next few days.
I have had them on potted plants up till now and they havent wandered off (except for the 3 that got lost or died earlier which I could not locate.)
But I think it is getting close to when they will start to wander off so I will be locking them in a butterfly cage soon.
It has been easy just letting them live off the plant but now I will have to remember to feed them, darn!
A short video of the munching machine is below.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-15-2015, 01:13 PM
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The caterpillars are about 3mm now and are now sporting the striped look.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-11-2015, 12:23 PM
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Definitely feeling lucky that I will finally get to raise some myself.
Check it out, a baby emerged. There are 5 more eggs that I can see on this plant.
I have now potted it and will keep in my office for a while so these little guys can be safe. :)
I plan to transfer them to a butterfly net house once they start to get more mobile and just feed them the leaves.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-08-2015, 06:30 PM
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We've raised online bought Painted Ladies and wild caught Gulf Fritillaries with the grandkids previously.
I planted milkweed so I could try raising Monarchs and this is the first year I've had some fly in and lay eggs so I am looking forward to it.
Here is one of the Gulf Fritilaries.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-08-2015, 02:20 PM
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Future Monarch butterfly
DFA100WR on Q7
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-27-2015, 09:39 AM
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Tarantula Hawk on the hunt
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-11-2014, 12:12 PM
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No she was alive, I let her go in a spot a further away from the house. I have to catch and release them before my wife demands an execution :)
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Beautiful work!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-11-2014, 11:37 AM
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Looks more like a water gourd than an hourglass to me.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-06-2014, 03:23 PM
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Here are a couple of butterfly shots I found while going through my Yucatan folder.
Taken with the K-5 and DA18-135
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
01-03-2014, 06:50 PM
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That is an awesome looking insect!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-03-2013, 05:52 PM
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Photolady I would not be able to hold the cam steady so near to a wasp nest myself!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-15-2013, 10:32 AM
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Hangman what are those critters that look like a cross between a cricket and an ant?
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-12-2013, 10:43 AM
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Toy Tank
Really like the moth/butterfly hero portrait above.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-06-2013, 09:01 PM
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Yes Hangman , excellent work as always :)
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-24-2013, 04:41 PM
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Looks like a mayfly. Nice shot.
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