Beautiful monarch butterflies on frostweed.
(These two photos taken in October 2016 in my flower garden)
I'm looking forward to late September and October when Monarchs will once again make their way south from close to the Canadian border or even Canada and on through the Dallas/Ft. Worth area of Texas heading toward Mexico.
Here are a few of my butterfly posts from July and August, just in case you missed some of them.
Butterfly House Update
Gulf Fritillary Butterfly Shoot
A Pipevine Swallowtail Emerges
Queen Butterflies and More
Queen Day in the Butterfly House
Beautiful Orange and Black Gulf Fritillary Butterfly and Caterpillar
Library Garden with Butterfly and Flowers
Hope you had a great Friday!
Blessings
August 24, 2018
All original photos taken by me
En español: No sabía que las mariposas llegaban en esos meses. Yo cumplo años en septiembre. Cumpliré 15 años, @violetmed! Seré como una mariposa monarca. Buenas noches.;)
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Septiembre es un gran mes para celebrar un cumpleaños! Ese es el mes en el que empezamos a tener un clima más fresco, al menos a finales de septiembre.
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Today I was telling a friend about yesterday's video of caterpillar and butterfly development, @violetmed. I was wondering, how do you know so much?! I told him about your blog and the beautiful work you do with flowers and butterflies. Like me, she was delighted that there were people as noble and beautiful as you. Hugs
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I've been reading and learning about butterflies and the host plants they need for their eggs and everything else since 2012. The fall of 2012 is when I planted my first plants and flowers to help butterflies. I've gone to some butterfly talks and learned a lot of facts from the lady that trained be to be a guide in the butterfly house!
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Gorgeous shots I do love monarchs
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Thank you!
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My dream is to take hold of the #imagenposible the one you capture when looking up with the heart filter.
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This butterfly, even if it doesn't have bright colors, is beautiful! Their colors are sober like those of the trees and their wood. Thank you for sharing!
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I have read that monarch butterflies are one of the most common species that migrate. In fact, some die in the process! Must be nice to have your garden full of this species. Congratulations!
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Yes, but we only see them for about a week in the fall! Sometimes we see them in the spring when they are migrating north.
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Beautiful! Monarch Watch just reported the first Monarchs starting to cluster in the western US.
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I have been waiting for the Monarchs :) I knew they would be coming. Great posts @violetmed
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Wow that is a very good picture! I love butterflies too. So much so that i make and hand paint polymer clay to liok like butterfly wings💜 and turn them into jewelry that i sell .
So im always looking for posts that have butterfly patterns to inspire me💙.
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They are beautiful! I just checked out your Steemit blog and found your website!
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Nice🤗 if u ever want to order feel free to, or if u see me post something u want just drop me a note and i can add it to my online store. I ship out within a day or two of orders. Most times in the USA it gets there in 2 days. I have also shipped to other countries but the shipping is about $10usd more but gets there pretty fast too. So if u dont live in the states i can still ship out💙
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A very good photo with a beautiful butterfly. I like your very natural photo. I have to learn a lot from you.
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@violetmed its been such a great click. Detailed Photography. hope for the new post.
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howdy this fine Saturday violetmed! wow you mean those little butterlies fly from Canada to Mexico? I didn't know that and didn't think that was possible, those photos are stunning!
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Some of them might have made it that far north. In late summer, the days get shorter, the monarchs go into reproductive diapause and begin flying south to the in grounds in Mexico. The monarchs congregate in the oyamel fir trees of Michoacan and Mexico states. I’ll be writing more about this in my posts in late September!
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howdy again violetmed! good grief how do we know all this, do they put tiny little tracking devices on those things? lol. that's interesting information and will be some good posts!
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Haha, it's not a computer chip, but they do put paper tags on those traveling south in the fall! Lepidopterists, people that study moths and butterflies, have extensively studied monarchs and their behavior for many years. Some scientists followed butterlies back to Mexico and discovered their wintering sight. I'm sure they did the same thing, to watch when Monarchs arrived in the summer in the northern states and Canada during the spring and summer. Now you have given me another idea for a post in September about the paper tagging program that exists for monarchs! :)
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howdy back again violetmed! yes, that would be a great post, and in fact, just talking about the scientists who study butterflies..those Lepidopterists
guys..that would be a good one too! like who ever heard of THAT profession and where do you go to school for that, some butterfly school somewhere?? lol.
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Beautiful photography. Nice
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Amazing shots! I love the time of year when the butterflies are floating around my flowers.
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My dream is to take hold of the #imagenposible the one you capture when looking up with the heart filter.
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