How many of you love butterflies? Personally, I love them, especially the colorful ones like the Monarch. Every spring and summer…we sit outside on our deck and look for the ones that visit our yard. During the late spring season…we tend to see a lot of them visiting our bird baths and blooming spring flowers.
During the cold winter season…we like to go to a place called The Butterfly House in northern Pennsylvania and see them there or visit the Butterfly House when they are participating in local events and fairs. Every year when we go to the Pennsylvania Farm Show…we look for the Butterfly House exhibit and make sure we stop in for a visit. The kids love it!
In some areas of the country they refer to the Monarch as the Milkweed, Common Tiger, Wanderer and Black Veined Brown butterfly according to Wikipedia. The Monarch is more prevalent in some areas as compared to others.
You can find these beauties from southern Canada down to northern Central America. Just like all insects…they have six legs and their wing span can reach 3 1/2″ to 4″ in size. They go through 4 complete stages of metamorphosis: eggs, larvae, pupa and adult. What I find very interesting is that both males and females can mate several times during their life span.
Out of all of the North American butterfly species…I think the Monarch butterfly is the prettiest and most interesting one to watch. Do you enjoy watching butterflies? If so, do you have a favorite species?
I like to watch different butterflies, especially the Monarch. I didn’t realize that there was a Butterfly House in northern Pennsylvania
I adore butterflies, even moths and the ones that people think are ugly. I think that they are fascinating.
I have heard that after a decline in the monarch population there is some good news and there are more this year. What a wonderful service the above person is doing for all of us so that we can continue to enjoy these lovely creatures.
Yes, I’ve always loved butterflies. My youngest cousin, as a toddler, called the flutterflies, lol. We had a back fence covered in honeysuckle and they seemed really drawn to that, so we saw a lot of them.
I love Monarch butterflies. I did see one come out of its chrysalis once, it was great to watch for real as it is happening.
I love watching butterflies in the garden. I also like visiting the two butterfly pavilions we have here in town.
I love butterflies too. My mom tries to send me cards with butterflies on them when she can and I have lots of butterfly jewelry and knickknacks. I don’t know much about them but enjoy watching all colors and types of butterflies.
I LOVE butterflies so much and I always feel so lucky when I see one. I know that they fly so very far and that their numbers are dwindling so seeing one is special to me. I think the Monarch butterfly is so lovely. I sure would love to have one of these feeders that you have in our yard to attract more of them to our house. I too love to visit the butterfly exhibit at the county fair each year.
For the last few summers, I’ve collected Monarch eggs and caterpillars, raised them indoors until they formed chrysalises, then released them as butterflies. Last summer they didn’t get here in Maine until very late in the season, but I still was able to release over 100 butterflies. They’re so beautiful, at all stages, and the process is amazing. Monarch numbers have been dropping dangerously, but this winter was a good one for them in their winter habitat in Mexico. I’m looking forward to a successful season this year!