In keeping with my retirement vow to pay attention to what is occurring in the natural world - from one of our walks there is this.
New England aster is blooming-up a storm of color.
Monarchs that emerge as adults after about the third week in August will migrate and not reproduce. If I had to hazard a guess the adults I've observed on a daily basis are a combination of migrants and the last of the locals to emerge as adults.
One additional observation is that we’re about the break the rainfall record for September. I’ve never seen it so wet this time of year. If only the butterflies ate mosquitoes…..
Monarchs that emerge as adults after about the third week in August will migrate and not reproduce. If I had to hazard a guess the adults I've observed on a daily basis are a combination of migrants and the last of the locals to emerge as adults.
One additional observation is that we’re about the break the rainfall record for September. I’ve never seen it so wet this time of year. If only the butterflies ate mosquitoes…..
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