One has turned up

Still waiting for the #monarchbuttflies , #portrowan Ontario Canada

Planting This Perennial Herb Could Help Reverse the Monarch Butterfly Decline
Article by Jaime Milan

I shredded another batch of #seed heads today of #purpleconeflower #echinaceapurpuria for sowing this year.
I’m thinking this should be enough 😄 Hopefully.
We had lots of flowers last year but again not to many #monarchs #monarchbuttfles

@aircanada.bsky.social sitting on the tarmac for 2hrs now at Toronto airport 🥜 just 🥜

I’ll be preparing another batch of foundation plants for our butterfly garden.
📷 tjs
#monarchbutterfly
#hydrangea #paniculata #grandiflora #hardwoodcuttings
#norfolkcounty

I have been collecting purple cone flower seed for 2yrs. Sowing only a couple of hundred at a time and planting them out into our garden.
2025 should be a feeding ground for the 🦋🦋🦋🦋
📷 tjs
#portrowan #norfolkcounty
#monarchbuttflies #purpleconeflower #echinacea

Our place a few years ago in #portrowan #ontario #monarchbutterfly #migration
📷 tjs

#monarchbutterflies
#chrysalis #butterfly
#portrowan #norfolkcounty
They change pretty quickly from caterpillars to chrysalis but take their time from chrysalis to butterfly #metamorphosis

We had lots of monarch butterfly caterpillars during the summer this year.
📷 tjs
#monarchbutterflies
#milkweed
#portrowan
#ontario

The monarch butterfly eggs hatched now the caterpillars will need a good fresh supply of food as they grow.

The start of the journey on common #milkweed #Asclepias syriaca
📷 tjs