Very nice On July 16, 2019 2:21:31 PM PDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> wrote: >I have planted a number of Common Milkweed, Hairy Balls Milkweed and >Swamp >Milkweed throughout our yard, hoping they will establish themselves and >become permanent parts of our landscaping plan. They grow a bit >slowly, >however, so I planted a number of Tropical Milkweed plants in pots on >our >rear deck. I salso use the potted Tropical Milkweed to place in my net >cages to feed larvae that hatch from the eggs I receive from a facility >in >PA or from Monarch Watch. > >The Tropical Milkweed plants have more developed flowers, and are >attracting Monarchs to nectar, as well as to lay eggs. Two of the >larger >plants have caterpillars feeding on them, from eggs laid there either >by >butterflies I released over the past few weeks or by those just passing >by. In either event, seeing them is quite rewarding. For whatever >reason, >female Monarchs seem to consistently choose Tropical Milkweed, if >available, over native milkweeds for depositing their eggs. > >The first image shows a Monarch, possibly a female looking for a place >to >leave her young, taking nectar from a potted Tropical Milkweed. The >second >image shows a wider scene, including part of our deck. > >http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/7/16/monarch-on-milkweed > > >Again, Pentax K-5 IIs with Pentax FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8 >Comments are invited and appreciated. > >Dan Matyola >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions.
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