This Black Swallowtail pupated at the end of last summer. Late August. We brought the cage inside on really cold nights. Glad we didn’t give up.

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Post Christmas decorations for our tree. The birds appreciate them.

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Last day of 2024. Enjoying good weather with friends.

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Great book!

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Brinkley taking a break from reading Anna Karenina.

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Monarchs in December!

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It looks like this American Lady butterfly had a hard flight south. She is refueling on some of the few flowers spared by a hard frost this past week.

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Monarch butterflies will get federal protections as a threatened species U.S. officials decided to extend protections to monarch butterflies after warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking and the beloved pollinator may not survive climate change.

www.npr.org/2024/12/10/n...

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Four Monarchs sharing a Farfugium with the bees. This is today November 24th in coastal South Carolina

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