With the heat wave we're having here my cosmos are really coming into their own. Absolutely loving all the vibrant colors coming up and all of the pollinators they attract.

#BloomScrolling #cosmo #flower #florespondence #photography #monarchbutterfly #pollinatorgarden

A morning visitor in the #zinnias.

#BloomScrolling #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #flowers #florespondence

One of my greatest joys in summer in the morning is looking out my kitchen window, brewing coffee, and watching the #butterflies in the #pollinatorgarden.

Fresh capture from making my daily brew this morning.

#monarchbutterfly #BloomScrolling #florespondence #photography

*Reposted to this account, my now "official" account.*
#MonarchMonday

Today I got a treat when I looked out my kitchen window. This monarch was taking full advantage of my white butterfly bush.

#BloomScrolling #pollinators #pollinatorgarden #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #photography

#MonarchMonday

Today I got a treat when I looked out my kitchen window. This monarch was taking full advantage of my white butterfly bush (even though I have milkweed like a meter away-- Edit: I was hoping it would lay eggs). It flitted around and let me take a couple shots, here's a favorite.

#BloomScrolling #pollinators #pollinatorgarden #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #photography

I've seen a lot of folks recently posting photos of their #monarchbutterfly caterpillar enclosures and most look like the enclosures are indoors.

This is a #PSA to help get the word out:

Indoor raised #monarchs are more likely to develop and spread disease to wild populations, AND are significantly less likely to successfully fly south for the winter.

"Being exposed to an indoor environment with artificial light, constant temperature and top choice of milkweed provided by their captors they do not develop the environmental cues needed for pre-migratory behaviors."

Please please do your part to help boost populations the way nature intended, with planting milkweed and doing what you can to protect food sources monarchs need, fully outdoors. Plant native (to your area) nectar sources and please spread the word to others so their efforts benefit the ones we're trying to save.

#monarch #monarchbutterflies

https://capeconservationcorps.org/monarchs-inside-or-out/#:~:text=There%20is%20also%20a%20higher,causing%20disease%20to%20other%20butterflies

I've been lamenting the lack of butterfly sightings this year, despite having an even larger variety of natives and pollinator host plants this season. At last, after stalking my garden all afternoon, this beauty flitted through.

#pollinatorgarden #florespondence #monarchbutterfly #BloomScrolling #butterfly

Always a treat to see a #monarchbutterfly grace my garden. #pollinatorgarden #Zinnias #BloomScrolling #butterfly

I took five monarchs to our local fireworks show and had the fun of snagging several kids to “help” me release them. Nice naturalist moment for me. Enjoyed a good hometown fireworks display with minimal people disturbance. #MonarchButterfly

Native butterfly weed for monarchs just starting to bloom. It's taken me four years to get this established, but I didn't give up on it and now it's so worth it. Sharing the space with native liatris, also just starting to bloom. #butterflies #MonarchButterfly #biodiversity #Michigan #insects #nature #nativeplants

It is always a wonderful day when you can spot a Monarch butterfly! And to spot a female looking as perfect as this one does..it is an extra special day.

Her wings perfectly extended to show off her lovely orange and black colors, she gently rests on a stalk of goldenrod.

Also called the Milkweed butterfly, the Monarch is an endangered North American Butterfly. https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-monarch-and-the-goldenrod-karen-cook.html #Butterflies #nature #monarchbutterfly

Celebrate #LearnAboutButterfliesDay with this #artForSale showing a Monarch #butterfly moments after emerging from the Chrysalis! #nature #monarchbutterfly https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-transformation-karen-cook.html

With her wings folded and reminding me of a scalloped skirt hem of a fancy dress, this female Monarch butterfly rests perched on a stalk of goldenrod.

An endangered North American Butterfly, the Monarch or Milkweed Butterfly is a welcome sight to any nature lover in summer! #nature #Butterfly #monarchbutterfly https://fineartamerica.com/featured/with-folded-wings-karen-cook.html

A beautiful Monarch #butterfly sips at the flowers of a milkweed plant...its only source of food. Did you know Monarch butterflies are on the list of endangered species? #nature #monarchbutterfly #conservation #speciesatrisk https://fineartamerica.com/featured/saving-the-monarch-butterfly-karen-cook.html

I painted this portrait of my daughter a few years ago. Ferocious Girl 1 - 36x36 acrylic on canvas.

#Art #Portrait #SurrealArt #MonarchButterfly #FerociousGirls #FantasyPortrait #ArtistOfMastodon

@lilblu626 Try #MonarchButterfly See you there!

Here’s a bebe #MonarchButterfly having a nom on some milkweed. from earlier in the summer. #photography

RT @IPBES: 🦋#ICYMI🦋

The migratory #MonarchButterfly, known for its spectacular annual journey of up to 4,000 kilometers across the Americas, has entered the @iucnredlist of Threatened Species as Endangered, threatened by habitat destruction and climate change

https://iucn.org/press-release/202207/migratory-monarch-butterfly-now-endangered-iucn-red-list

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/SfEP/status/1551588179215634433