Category Archives: Insects

Monarch on Milkweed

Posted on July 6, 2020 by

It’s a Monday monarch on a milkweed day!  That’s a lot of alliteration isn’t it? Teri 📷 Want to see where this butterfly flutters?  Come visit What’s Happening Ohio and see!

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Seasons Overlap

Posted on September 24, 2019 by

The calendar has announced that here in this hemisphere we have just entered the season of fall.  But as we all know, no matter what the calendars say, nature may and often says something different.  Nature has been known to … Continue reading →

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Busy bee

Posted on August 6, 2019 by

The goal for the day was to go out and try to track and capture birds in flight but I found myself drawn to my old favorites of butterflies and bees and as we were in an area that was … Continue reading →

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Thar be dragons!

Posted on July 31, 2019 by

Little ones – dragonflies to be exact 😉 Teri  📷

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Monarching

Posted on July 30, 2019 by

Is that even a word?  It will have to do for my purpose here which is to share with you this beautiful creature that so obligingly let me follow it around a garden of flowers in a local park; it … Continue reading →

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What rhymes with orange?

Posted on April 3, 2019 by

Nothing that any of us know of as of yet (new words seem to be created each year) but in this case, what’s orange is this lovely Grand Orange Tip butterfly.  I wonder why it’s a “grand” orange tip and … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – Basket Case

Posted on March 27, 2019 by

Teri  📷

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Wearing of the green and a word about being nice to nature

Posted on March 17, 2019 by

Here in Columbus, Ohio at the Franklin Park Conservatory it’s once again time for the annual Blooms & Butterflies event.  It’s a beautiful event that I have attended ever since moving here and I now go visit butterfly exhibits wherever … Continue reading →

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Honey Bee and Coneflower

Posted on August 1, 2018 by

F 5.6 – 1/400 – ISO 100 – 100 mm macro – Canon 5D Mark III Teri  📷

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Busy busy bee…

Posted on July 27, 2018 by

At least that’s what I’m trying to be.  I have so much to catch up on still after my “partying” and there are many things coming up that I hope to get to.  I’ve gone from early spring having to … Continue reading →

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