Female adult monarch on narrowleaf milkweed 5th Instar monarch found on walk Female adult monarch within housing comlex Famale adult monarch nectaring from narrowleaf milkweed Narrowleaf milkweed Adult monarch visiting milkweed garden Woollypod milkweed One of the survey locations Ever wonder what a monarch butterfly is thinking when it flies around or when...
narrowleaf milkweed with a 2nd instar monarch within its flowers threadleaf brodiaea woollypod milkweed handful of blackberries wild blackberries growing on base clustered tarweed redstem stork's bill silverleaf nightshade Ever since I was little, I have always been fascinated by plants. I remember being 12 years old and trying to plant a blackberry,...
Female monarch butterfly Me identifying a plant in the field Third instar monarch caterpillar Monarch preparing to drink nectar Meadow of sea lavender flowers Exotic feather found in the field Beyond the horizon, beyond the last California cloud in the sky, there is a place that I know of called Camp...
The last few weeks I have covered the who, what, when, and where, so this week I will be talking about why I wanted this internship and why pollinators are important for everyone....
Hey y'all! March was a very busy month for the South Marin vegetation team. As everything starts to bloom in different parts of the Golden Gate Recreational Area, our team gets ready to do habitat restoration. Therefore, this month we focused on removing invasive species...
First week completed, and I was able to see monarch larvae, another larvae hopefully starting a chrysalis soon, and I got to return to my old home....
A 5th instar Monarch caterpillar on a milkweed plant at Lake O'neill A Mournful Duskywing butterfly Me trying to ID a plant Bill (green hat) looking up the directions to our next wild milkweed location Whoever knew that such a small insect could be so remarkable and play...
Scouting Since the Western Monarch Count just introduced the early season count this year, there are no formal observations of overwintering monarchs in October on Camp Pendleton. We decided to scout the known sites for monarch presence as well as potential sites. When I arrived at the...
Monarchs in Unexpected Places I recently took a trip with my family to the Los Angeles Natural History Museum. It was my fourth visit within the past year, so it’s safe to say I enjoy it there. They have a great collection and host lots of...
Were I a monarch butterfly, I do not think I’d make it very far… that's the conclusion that I’ve come to after months of following monarch butterfly life cycles and migration patterns across California county lines. Like many in nature, monarchs have it rough. Just...