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Willow House Chronicles | Rural life in eastern Ontario
Willow House Chronicles
Rural life in eastern Ontario
Sunday Snapshot: A few egrets…
September 9, 2018 by barefootheart
Posted in Birds, Sunday Snapshot | Tagged Great Egret | 2 Comments »
Sunday Snapshot: Pond Life
August 26, 2018 by barefootheart
Pond Life
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Sunday Snapshot: Sunflower Morning
August 5, 2018 by barefootheart
Sunflower Morning
Posted in Plant, Sunday Snapshot | Tagged field of sunflowers | Leave a Comment »
Sunday Snapshot: Butterflies Are Free
July 29, 2018 by barefootheart
White Admiral on Cacalia atriplicifolia
Tiger Swallowtail on Echinacea ‘Alba’
Posted in Sunday Snapshot | Tagged Canadian Tiger Swallowtail, white admiral butterfly | 1 Comment »
Milkweed Season
July 22, 2018 by barefootheart
Milkweed has been getting a lot of press over the last few years regarding its vital role in Monarch butterfly reproduction. The destruction of milkweed plants, regarded as weeds, has a negative impact on Monarch populations. Over the years, I have tried growing a few cultivated varieties of milkweed (Asclepias spp) in my garden, but none have done as well as the native variety, Asclepias syriaca. It introduced itself to the garden and has settled in a few small stands which I leave to do their thing. The plants have just finished flowering and are now beginning to produce their pods of bewhiskered seeds, adored by children of all ages.
Yesterday I checked the leaves of some of the plants for Monarch caterpillars and was pleased to discover a couple of little munchers. You can watch for leaves with holes or ragged edges and gently turn them over. Monarchs tend to lay their eggs singly and each caterpillar had a leaf to itself.
But the Monarch babies didn’t have the milkweed all to themselves. I also found a cluster of tiny Milkweed Tussock Moth caterpillars voraciously skeletonizing the top leaves of their plant with gusto! it’s a wild world out there.
Posted in Animal life | Tagged Asclepias syriiaca, milkweed tussock moth caterpillars, monarch caterpillars | 2 Comments »
Sunday Snapshot: Skipper on Monarda
July 15, 2018 by barefootheart
Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) on Monarda
Posted in Sunday Snapshot | Tagged silver-spotted skipper | Leave a Comment »
Sunday Snapshot: Maltese Cross
July 9, 2018 by barefootheart
Maltese Cross (Lychnis chalcedonica)
Posted in Sunday Snapshot | Tagged Lychnis chalcedonica | Leave a Comment »
Sunday Snapshot: My Little Pony
July 1, 2018 by barefootheart
Me and My Little Pony (Photo:Thanks to Kendra MacKinnon)
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Sunday Snapshot: Summer Yellow
June 24, 2018 by barefootheart
Summer Yellow
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Sunday Snapshot: In Harry’s Garden
June 17, 2018 by barefootheart
In Harry’s Garden
Posted in Sunday Snapshot | Tagged lupins, Poppies | Leave a Comment »
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