Butterflies 2026

[riverwhy]

On my Asters today. There were two. The caterpillar was on my swamp milkweed but seemed to move to my tomatoes!

 

[CinnamonJoe]

Monarchs on the March in Iowa!

🦋

Joe

 

[riverwhy]

Here’s one on my waders as we were soaking up some late afternoon sun on Penn’s at Ingleby!

 

[riverwhy]

Here is a straggler I saw this morning while removing porcelain berry at the monarch waystation in Hershey.

 

[riverwhy]

Monarchs on the March in Iowa!

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Joe

What plant are they on?

 

[The Rodfather]

I have gone bigger. Adding a 12×150ft stretch. Picking up 400 plugs sunday to make this a nice stretch of PA Native plants.

 

[CinnamonJoe]

What plant are they on?

I'll have to ID that plant when I get home this weekend. Am sitting in the 'Point' brewery taproom (Stevens Point, WI) right now, wetting my whistle on my way to camp in northern WI to chase brookies for a few days. That spot on our property gets loaded with them on certain days during the fall migration in Sept/Oct if we get a decent cold front/steady north wind fetch; usually neo-tropical songbirds with them, too.

Joe

 

[JG63]

Last looks for this season - monarch was from 2 days ago - Painted Lady, Skipper, and Buckeye were from today - Hummingbirds flew the coop a few days ago too - heavy frost this morning - Im ready for some cold weather to cull the local
mosquito population