cabbage moth in the sunny backyard
Yes, this is exactly how colorful parts of the backyard are right now. And when it's a sunny day it's fun to observe all of the...
Meanwhile, indoors the monarch chrysalises are quietly developing...
We now have had the chrysalises indoors for 5 days now. They are quietly hanging in the mesh hamper in our entrance, exposed to filtered...
Our friends the leaf cutter bees, again
These days I just see a lot of leaf cutter bees in the backyard, enjoying the cosmos flowers. In the image above a leaf cutter bee is...
Ensuring continuous food sources for the pollinators
Sweat bee on a Klondike sulphur orange cosmos blossom Planting native plants in pots in our backyard really is a great example of "if you...
The leaf cutter bees
As I wrote in a post earlier this week, prior to this week, I have never seen so many leaf cutter bees feeding on nectar and collecting...
monarchs are now in chrysalis mode
Just as I thought, the monarch caterpillars were already in their 5th instar when I discovered them last weekend on the milkweed plant....