Comments on: Get Outside & Connect: Take Your Camera For A Walk https://rhythmsofplay.com/get-outside-connect-take-camera-walk/ Art, Crafts, DIY; Raising Creative Outdoor Kids Wed, 20 May 2015 21:29:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: nell https://rhythmsofplay.com/get-outside-connect-take-camera-walk/#comment-57 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 08:45:12 +0000 https://rhythmsofplay.com/?p=895#comment-57 What a wonderful story… Thank you for sharing! Go butterflies go!

]]> By: Harriette https://rhythmsofplay.com/get-outside-connect-take-camera-walk/#comment-52 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 21:56:47 +0000 https://rhythmsofplay.com/?p=895#comment-52 I have a nature story from this week: Along the fence behind our house is a newly planted garden of drought tolerant perennials. Almost from the start there were dozens of caterpillars on all of the ‘Asclepius’ plants! They were the larvae of the Monarch Butterfly, which is currently enduring hard times. Every few days some of the caterpillars turned into pupae (cocoons) and then emerged a fairly short time later as orange butterflies with black stripes – Monarchs. They dried their wings in the sun and then flew around the neighborhood.

They also came back and laid the eggs of a new generation.

Here it is January, and on my way past the garden today I saw two plump caterpillars enjoying the sunshine following our recent chilly, rainy weather.

Way to go, critters! Don’t give up!

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