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@onlyshawn.bsky.social
writer, artist, naturalist
*herbal medicine*
*local ecology*
*monarch butterflies*
*herbal medicine*
*local ecology*
*monarch butterflies*
Some finds from today 🍄📷
October 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Some finds from today 🍄📷
My first gilled mushroom of the year. No identification due to it being surrounded by swamp water. 📷📸🍄
April 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My first gilled mushroom of the year. No identification due to it being surrounded by swamp water. 📷📸🍄
Found what may be a celastrina lucia. #invertebrates 🦋🐛
March 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Found what may be a celastrina lucia. #invertebrates 🦋🐛
Just making a post to celebrate that I was finally able to log into bluesky
December 7, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Just making a post to celebrate that I was finally able to log into bluesky
August 1, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Tonight, the j shape has been achieved, by morning I'll see the crysalis. Stay tuned! My goal is to photograph the whole life cycle. Note: this cat decided to pupate on the milkweed, after investigating the patio table. Its unusual but not unheard of.
August 1, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Tonight, the j shape has been achieved, by morning I'll see the crysalis. Stay tuned! My goal is to photograph the whole life cycle. Note: this cat decided to pupate on the milkweed, after investigating the patio table. Its unusual but not unheard of.
Day 13 and 14 monarch butterfly caterpillar:
#invertebrates 🐙
#invertebrates 🐙
August 1, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Day 13 and 14 monarch butterfly caterpillar:
#invertebrates 🐙
#invertebrates 🐙
Eight days old, having just shed its skin. This must be the beginning of the 4th instar.
July 25, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Eight days old, having just shed its skin. This must be the beginning of the 4th instar.
A pretty, powdery amanita. Perhaps Amanita daucipes, or some kind of lepidella.
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July 25, 2024 at 12:53 AM
A pretty, powdery amanita. Perhaps Amanita daucipes, or some kind of lepidella.
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Making headway at about 4 days old #invertebrate
July 21, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Making headway at about 4 days old #invertebrate
10 hours later and it already looks bigger.
July 17, 2024 at 11:22 PM
10 hours later and it already looks bigger.
July 17, 2024 at 2:44 PM
I moved the last egg to a safer place, four feet from where the butterfly put it. I believe indoor rearing and too much human interference isn't a good idea. I don’t try and save every egg or caterpillar I find, but aim to increase the odds a bit, against the ridiculous amount of predators here.
July 15, 2024 at 12:15 PM
I moved the last egg to a safer place, four feet from where the butterfly put it. I believe indoor rearing and too much human interference isn't a good idea. I don’t try and save every egg or caterpillar I find, but aim to increase the odds a bit, against the ridiculous amount of predators here.
Finally had a Monarch butterfly! Now I have eggs, and in a few days, caterpillars to peer at.
🐙 #invertebrate
🐙 #invertebrate
July 13, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Finally had a Monarch butterfly! Now I have eggs, and in a few days, caterpillars to peer at.
🐙 #invertebrate
🐙 #invertebrate
Fresh nectar and a drop in temperature...someone's happy
June 22, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Fresh nectar and a drop in temperature...someone's happy
The wild milkweed looks much healthier than it does in my own garden. Mine doesn't get enough sun or nutrients I guess.
June 21, 2024 at 2:21 PM
The wild milkweed looks much healthier than it does in my own garden. Mine doesn't get enough sun or nutrients I guess.
Went to a patch of milkweed near my job because I thought I saw a flutter...found a monarch hotspot. #invertebrate
June 21, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Went to a patch of milkweed near my job because I thought I saw a flutter...found a monarch hotspot. #invertebrate
My little milkweed patch has no monarch eggs or caterpillars yet. I've spotted a few in my state, and one was sighted a few miles away and posted on iNat, but so far my milkweed is perfectly fresh and uneaten.
June 12, 2024 at 11:50 PM
My little milkweed patch has no monarch eggs or caterpillars yet. I've spotted a few in my state, and one was sighted a few miles away and posted on iNat, but so far my milkweed is perfectly fresh and uneaten.
Eastern King Snake. Rare/threatened species in my area. 🐍
June 11, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Eastern King Snake. Rare/threatened species in my area. 🐍
This bird is looking down at me so cutely.
June 11, 2024 at 12:38 AM
This bird is looking down at me so cutely.
Not 100 percent sure but when I see caterpillar damage and several cut milkweeds, I can assume someone poached the caterpillars for their own garden. Sad, when I was just going to log them on iNaturalist.
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May 29, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Not 100 percent sure but when I see caterpillar damage and several cut milkweeds, I can assume someone poached the caterpillars for their own garden. Sad, when I was just going to log them on iNaturalist.
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May 26, 2024 at 2:44 AM