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Tag Archives: Monarch Butterfly
Many Thanks to the Positively Most Awesome Community Ever!
The Cape Ann Monarch Milkweed Project was positively a resounding success. Thank you to everyone who ordered and picked up your milkweed plants. Thank you to Joey who turned my small seed of an idea into a fabulous community-wide project … Continue reading
GMG Monarch-Milkweed Mug Up This Saturday!
Update: Milkweed Plants Arrived Thursday and are ready to go! See you Saturday morning!!! Hooray–our milkweed plants shipped from Missouri Monday and should arrive to Gloucester by Thursday!!! Plants will be available for pick up at Captain Joe and Sons, … Continue reading
WOW and WONDEFUL—150 milkweed plants ordered!!!
Thank you to everyone participating in our Cape Ann Milkweed Project! Monarch Butterfly Nectaring at Common Milkweed ~ Good Harbor Beach Milkweed may not be for everyone’s garden; even if you did not order plants, you are welcome to come … Continue reading
Posted in Chickity check it!, Things to do, Home and Garden
Tagged Captain Joe and Sons, Monarch Butterfly, Butterfly gardening, Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, Asclepias incarnata, Marsh Milkweed, Cape Ann Milkweed Project, plant milkweed, monarch caterpillar j-shape, monarch butterfly eggs, monarch emerging from chrysalis, Good Harbor Beach Gloucester
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Cape Ann Milkweed Project ~ Last day to order plants
Monarch Butterfly on Marsh Milkweed Order Your Milkweed Plants Today! In case you missed the details see Sunday’s Post: Cape Ann Milkweed Project Tonight I am placing the order for the milkweed plants. Please get your orders in. Thank you … Continue reading
Posted in gloucester, Chickity check it!, Things to do, Home and Garden
Tagged Captain Joe and Sons, Monarch Butterfly, Butterfly gardening, Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, Asclepias incarnata, Marsh Milkweed, Cape Ann Milkweed Project, plant milkweed, monarch caterpillar j-shape, monarch butterfly eggs, monarch emerging from chrysalis
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Cape Ann Milkweed Project ~ Place your orders today
Order Your Milkweed Plants Today! Monarch Chrysalis on Rib of Common Milkweed Leaf Everyone who wrote in yesterday and placed an order has been recorded. Anyone interested in ordering either Common or Marsh Milkweed today, please place your order in … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain Joe and Sons, Monarch Butterfly, Butterfly gardening, Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, Asclepias incarnata, Marsh Milkweed, Cape Ann Milkweed Project, plant milkweed, monarch caterpillar j-shape, monarch butterfly eggs, monarch emerging from chrysalis
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Cape Ann Milkweed Project
Monarch Butterfly Emerging from Chrysalis Order Your Milkweed Plants Today! In March I shared an article about bringing back the Monarch Butterflies. Great interest in planting milkweed was expressed by many. The way to bring as many Monarchs as possible to our region is … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain Joe and Sons, Monarch Butterfly, Butterfly gardening, Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, Asclepias incarnata, Marsh Milkweed, Cape Ann Milkweed Project, plant milkweed, monarch caterpillar j-shape, monarch butterfly eggs, monarch emerging from chrysalis
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Happy Earth Day and Habitat Gardening 101
To celebrate Earth Day (Earth Week-Earth Month-Everyday is Earth Day!), I am beginning a new series on GMG titled Habitat Gardening 101. The series is based on the lectures that I give to area conservation groups, garden clubs, libraries, and schools and is … Continue reading
Farewell Monarchs
Inquiring minds want to know, “Where do the Monarchs go?” I am often asked this question, not by children, but by adults. Most children have studied, or are studying, the butterfly life cycle and the have some degree of knowledge … Continue reading
Newly Molted Caterpillar
Butterfly caterpillars molt four or five times as they grow. Each different caterpillar stage is called an instar. In the photo below you can see the caterpillar’s crumpled discarded exoskeleton. Molting Monarch Caterpillar The caterpillar first grows a new skin … Continue reading
Madeline and the Monarch
The Ciaramitaro Family stopped by Willowdale today for a tour of the butterfly gardens. We were lucky to see several Monarchs and dozens of Painted Ladies. Click the photo to view larger and you will see the Monarch climbed onto … Continue reading
Posted in Chickity check it!, Home and Garden
Tagged Danaus plexippus, Madeline, Monarch Butterfly, Willowdale estate, Zinnia elegans
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How to Tell the Difference Between a Male and Female Monarch Butterfly
For Devera, who wrote in yesterday asking how to tell the difference between a male and female Monarch Butterfly ~ Click photos to view large. The first photos shows all male Monarch Butterflies necatring at Seaside Goldenrod. Notice the pair … Continue reading
Stained Glass
From our garden ~ Newly emerged female Monarch Butterfly drying her wings. Monday a male emerged, Wednesday a female–looks promising for another batch of Monarchs before summer’s end! Newly Emerged Female Monarch Butterfly
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Tagged Danaus plexippus, Female Monarch Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly
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Male Monarch Butterfly
Newly emerged male Monarch Butterfly drying his wings on the sunflower.
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Tagged Danaus plexippus, Male Monarch Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, sunflower
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Butterfly Gardening with Eloise and Madeline
Madeline and Eloise Last summer the Ciaramitaro girls stopped by our garden to see a newly emerged Monarch butterfly. After releasing the butterfly, Eloise wanted to learn more about the Monarchs, and butterflies in general. This year she remembered from … Continue reading
Chickity Check It!- Kim Smith Monarch Butterfly Migration Late Summer 2010
Monarch Butterfly Migration Late Summer 2010 Magical Seaside Goldenrod Dear Gardening Friends, So many have telephoned or emailed inquiring about the status of the annual Monarch butterfly migration through our region. This past summer I have observed umpteen Monarch butterflies … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, Chickity check it!, Kim Smith, Migration, Monarch Butterfly
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For All You Butterfly Freaks-
GMG fan and respected butterfly author Kim Smith will be giving a lecture about the monarch butterfly and hold an exhibit at SFL read more- Dear Gardening Friends, Attached are two invitations. The first is a printable pdf of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Kim Smith, Monarch Butterfly, Sawyer Free Library, Things to do
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