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Offline Alleyyooper

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Wild plants and critters
« on: August 20, 2015, 01:42:23 pm »






Future Monarch butterfly. Swamp milk weed lunch.













There are 4 on this plant.



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« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2015, 02:19:23 pm »
Nice shots Alley.  Tell us something about your camera---any special lenses?

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« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2015, 07:23:36 pm »
first one is bull thistle.
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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2015, 05:59:46 am »
Just a plain old 12 year old Kodak DX2500 digital.

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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2015, 07:56:31 am »
They often say that the simplest cameras take the best shots.  You prove it. :yes:

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« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2015, 01:26:56 pm »
nice photos al! thanks for sharing!
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« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2015, 09:22:01 pm »
Nice photos, thanks so much for sharing.

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« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2015, 10:39:31 pm »
Its good to see those caterpillars doing well.  The monarch migration needs all the  help it can get!
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« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2015, 05:51:22 am »
We plant thousands of milk weed seeds a year here.

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« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2015, 09:15:07 am »
That milkweed looks different than mine,I have not seen any caterpillars on ours

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« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2015, 06:28:45 am »
You didn't read the description.

Future Monarch butterfly. Swamp milk weed lunch

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« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2015, 08:22:21 am »
I did,It just did not register with me that there were different types until I looked it up :-[

 Sometimes I'm a little slow. ;D