We’ve posted a video of a monarch caterpillar’s final moult. Check it out! youtu.be/Zql7lvtdtCw

This is happening in our yard almost all day, every day after a few years of effort planting host plants and providing a seamless sequence of blooms. I've also tried to include as many different flower shapes/sizes as possible to accommodate different insects.

Had a lovely visit from this beautiful Great Spangled Fritillary. 🦋

Join volunteers in the U.S., Canada & Mexico July 27 to Aug. 4 for the 2019 International Monarch Monitoring #Blitz. Your info will help experts better understand the butterfly’s distribution in North America. bit.ly/2YZyMN8/ Jim Hudgins/USFWS #MonarchBlitz

"And so I go to the woods. As I go in under the trees, dependably, almost at once, and by nothing I do, things fall into place. I enter an order that does not exist outside, in the human spaces....I am less important than I thought. I rejoice in that." Wendell Berry (1969)

The Meadow Brown is gorgeous, but is it #ourmostbeautifulbutterfly ? It really is impossible to choose.

Ever see a #Monarch pupa in-the-making? The #butterfly features are immediately visible during the #caterpillar’s final moult. 😯

I rarely see these unique beauties in the garden so excited to get a slow motion capture yesterday.....a zebra swallowtail butterfly enjoying the zinnias💜🌸🦋🦓

Some quality butterfly time at the habitat this evening. #butterfly #butterflyhabitat #pollinatorgarden #pollinators #eatontonga @Tuckertown Marcus Gray, CWB® @jnp_mn Flutterby Project Meadow In My Garden 🍃💚🍃 Jeff Zablow at Winged Beauty Butterflies Blog

¡Una marip-hoja! 🦋🍂 Yosemite National Park Alas de Mariposa @BlasMolina_seo Auri Nat 🦋 Joel Ashton @ukbutterflies THIS ACCOUNT IS CLOSED 🦋 Butterfly Society VA @jnp_mn Flutterby Project Nature Scoop NabaButterfly National Butterfly 🦋 Monarch Flyway MonarchButterflyFund #nacecolombiahumanaup

The Assiniboine Park Zoo (Winnipeg) released 13 captive-reared Poweshiek Skipperlings. 13? Not a big deal, right? Wrong! With fewer than 100 in Canada, they are critically endangered, so adding 13 to the wild population is huge! 👏 Kudos, Assiniboine Park Zoo! bit.ly/32NFBUm

Today at #FlutterbyHQ: A brand new red admiral and a lovely monarch❣️

Have you ever seen a hatching #monarch egg up close? So much cuteness! 😊 Check out the video: youtu.be/Re7ztsjSFvM

Yikes! 😱 This lucky monarch egg came dangerously close to being part of a bush bunny’s breakfast.

The #Monarch Migration is alive and well at the 50th parallel this season! Scores have been spotted at #FlutterbyHQ. Check this out — three on this one swamp #milkweed flower head alone 🤯 #ShareYourMonarchs

The hummingbird moths seem to favor the verbena bonariensis blooms in the garden ..... such a delight to watch although wasn’t expecting the bump at the end of this video😬🙈🌸

A couple strong and healthy @FlutterbyHQ alumni on a Kent Beauty Oregano. What a stunning colour contrast!

Oh dear... This monarch caterpillar thinks s/he’s outsmarted the parasitic wasps by pupating on a Rue plant. Clearly s/he doesn’t know that Rue is a host for black swallowtail caterpillars 🤦‍♀️

Well, that’s one funny looking monarch J 😂😆

Painted ladies are fueling up for their Fall migration. Just look at that proboscis go!