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Monarch butterflies clustering on a cypress tree By: George D. Lepp From: Natural History Magazine 1977

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Catch me out here impulse-making another project on iNaturalist.

I'm not even a scientist or anything I just like looking at flowers.

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Insects are critical to the survival of most other animals, including humans. But many insect species, from beetles to dragonflies to butterflies, are declining in abundance due in part to human activity. For Earth Month, Insectarium host Dr. Jessica L Ware gives tips on small things each of us can do to make a lasting impact and help insects thrive for years to come.

Learn more about insects with Museum Curator Jessica Ware in Insectarium on PBS Terra's YouTube channel.

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Cherry blossoms, pictures taken last week but I've just been looking at them now.

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Please disregard the numerous dandelions. I took these yesterday in the twilight because we were supposed to have a heat spell and I was worried they might fade fast. They smell incredible and my neighbor told me they were the most beautiful flowers she’d ever seen. Not a bad showing for a $30 bag of bulbs! I believe these hyacinths (Hyacinthus orientalis) are the variety ‘Delft Blue.’

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BUTTERFLY & WILDFLOWERS

Silkscreen print, 11" x 9.25", 2021.

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Catch me out here impulse-making another project on iNaturalist.

I'm not even a scientist or anything I just like looking at flowers.

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join praxis now - discord - github

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It kinda varies depending on where you are and how much you’re willing to spend (You can get like a few pounds worth of fl native seeds for like $100+ dollars but the variety in the mix Isn’t Great).

If you’re in the like Eastern USA, Prairie Moon is a good site and I think they sell larger seed sizes maybe? I know most if not all US states have native plant/wildflower societies/associations that might also be a good place to go for information on plants native to your area and where to buy seeds.

Fingers crossed homie!

hi :]

where can i find native seeds? do they sell them in bulk anywhere for specific regions? Id like to try making seed bombs !!

This is a tough one, just because it changes depending on where you are.

You'll have to research what is "Native" to your area on your own and then you'll notice that you can buy them nearly anywhere. Usually just looking up your "city/town/province/state/etc.. native flowers" will be enough. If your lucky sometimes even your city home page will have some info on this! Sorry I couldn't be much help.there

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I'm doing it gang, I've spent stupider gardening money before like when I dropped $300 on shade loving perennial bulbs only to learn they were also plants that rotted with wet feet and all immediately died in my swampy gumbo soil

I'm buying two firefly petunias. I've never grown petunias much because where I live they're a winter annual but fuck it I'll grow them as an indoor plant I certainly have the sun to do it.

They're supposed to ship to me in April, I'll report back on if they immidiately die or this is the coolest thing I own. My biochemical engineering design project was using a similar chemical pathway to modify bacteria to glow in the presence of specific toxins so I absolutely need glowing petunias in my window box

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the honeybee lover in me will never die

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Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

My commissions are open! If you've ever wanted to support me/one of my blogs, you can do it this way and get cool art out of it too!

By all means, feel free to reblog!

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Me: I read about this rare plant/animal/insect that's important for the local ecosystem and about to go extinct. It looks cool as fuck. Let's find out how to get it in my garden.

Google: oh yeah, those things are a pest. They'll ruin your beautifully manicured lawn. Here's to get rid of it. Why not buy some roundup while you're at it.

Me: >:(

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Apparently I can't upload a video to an ask box, so here is a video of the baby mantises I found last year!

@onenicebugperday

I'll also upload another tiny video.

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Nothing quite like realizing all your milkweed seeds are from like 2020-2021ish and now you probably need to get More Milkweed Seeds because the germination rate has fuckin PLUMMETED on the current ones you have