Along with the seasonal change, the Writ Has Dropped in Canada on Wednesday. We are in election mode until Oct. 21st. The government is in caretaker mode. Deep breath!!!
— Marieke Walsh (@MariekeWalsh) September 11, 2019This means our government will NOT ratify USMCA (AKA NAFTA 2.0), all federal government business shuts down. My son-in-law has been campaigning. He was on Power and Politics yesterday. We are so proud of him!
GO, JL, GO! He has been out campaigning in his electric car!
Soon, this will be frozen and white!
The critters
I moved it from the backyard, where it was munching a milkweed plant that was nearly stripped bare!
I found two more monarch caterpillars on the front lawn. I'm not sure they have time to morph. We shall see. You'll notice the leaves are being stripped by both monarchs and tufted milkweed moth caterpillars!
Just as we were about to leave for Gananoque, I spotted three critters (monarch caterpillar, tufted milkweed caterpillar, beetle) sharing the milkweed plant
In the backyard, a monarch on the chicken wire protecting my hibiscus.
The moths
These are big moths. There were two Tuesday on the front porch.
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| an underwing! If only I'd peeked at it! Catocala amatrix |
Then, this pretty fancy one.
Polygonia interrogationis
On the back deck, question mark butterflies have now numbered 20! Two in the aquarium have gone black, and I think died. Natural selection, I guess. Monarch Watch says there is a problem with hand-raised cats. I thought they were fine in the aquarium. Apparently, they need natural light and dark periods.
They are slowly eclosing in the aquarium, as well as on the walls! There is one under the pad of the bench, to the left of the aquarium.
This one was just out, and on the roof of the back deck. It's hanging off of its old shell. You can see the one on the door frame, waiting for its time.
I am always amazed with their patterns. They can hide pretending to be a leaf, until they open their wings. They spend 7 to 18 days in chrysalis, I just found out.
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hari Om
That last shot tells all! YAM xx
Those butterflies might be running a little late, down here we have had 3 warm days!!! I cannot imagine you having snow to the doorway, hope all that firewood is handy.
Such a naturalist
Pretty insects!
I can learn a lot from your description of the butterfly cycle.
Electric cars sound good; quite an echo improvement. Good Luck to your son in law!
The candidate with the turban, looks hot! Good Luck to him too!
what amazing caterpillars!
Your question mark butterfly must be closely related to our comma.
We have both question marks and commas here, Crafty!
The candidate with the turban is the NDP party leader!
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