Mark CI love the complex patterns and soft spirals that the butterfly milkweed seeds make in late Autumn!
#ButterflyMilkweed #MilkweedSeeds #Autumn #Fall #TrumbullCT #Connecticut
Busy western Honey Bee searching every curve and crevice of the butterfly milkweed flowers for nectar.
#Bee #HoneyBee #Pollinator #BloomScrolling #ButterflyMilkweed #ButterflyWeed #TrumbullCT #Connecticut
A hungry Eastern Bumble Bee sipping nectar from the flowers of a Butterfly Milkweed plant.
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Mark MaconButterfly milkweed, seemingly attracting a fly wearing magic golden armor (+1 AC?). I've got an app that swears it's a Pure Golden Green Sweat bee, but I'm highly skeptical that anything with such an exotic name would actually hang out in our yard.
#fly #flies #bees #bloomScrolling #flower #flowers #butterflyMilkweed #nature #dungeonsAndDragons
#fly #flies #bees #bloomScrolling #flower #flowers #butterflyMilkweed #nature #dungeonsAndDragons
More pictures of my new best friend in the front garden.
#Butterfly #Caterpillar #MonarchButterfly #ButterflyMilkweed #TrumbullCT #Connecticut #BloomScrolling
We have a monarch butterfly caterpillar living on our butterfly milkweed plants! This was always the dream, and now it is reality.
#Butterfly #Caterpillar #MonarchButterfly #ButterflyMilkweed #TrumbullCT #Connecicut #BloomScrolling
The "butterfly" milkweed is allegedly a favorite flower of the monarch butterfly. Well, we finally had one show up today to check the flowers out! https://youtu.be/LyD0_ALVmgY
#Butterfly #Monarch #MonarchButterfly #ButterflyMilkweed #BloomScrolling #TrumbullCT #Connecticut
Monarch Butterfly in the Milkweed
Eastern bumble bee enjoying our butterfly milkweed flowers.
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Timothy Shortell
The butterfly milkweed plant is virtually exploding with color and life this year. So much happier than last year (which was still pretty).
#ButterflyMilkweed #Flowers #ButterflyWeed #TrumbullCT #Connecticut #BloomScrolling
