Showing posts with label milkweed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label milkweed. Show all posts
06 May 2022

"It 'may be true' that COVID vaccines cause AIDS"

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In a video interview published on the right-wing social media platform Rumble, Sen. Ron Johnson said it “may be true” that vaccines against ...
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25 June 2021

Milkweed leaves "trenched" and "skeletonized" - updated x2

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Reposted from 2019 to add the photo above - my best yet at depicting the early feeding pattern of the first instar of a Monarch caterpillar...
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29 September 2014

Milkweed's spectacular autumn podcast

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The final stage in milkweed's life cycle is a magnificent aerial dispersal of its seeds.  The dried pods, remants of those huge bloss...
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22 July 2014

Milkweed in midsummer

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The timing varies with latitude and microclimate, but in general, common milkweed reaches its floral maximum in midsummer.    It would be...
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05 July 2014

Of pollinia, pollinaria, and milkweed blossoms

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YouTube link . Yesterday I was fortunate to observe a phenomenon that I have never witnessed before, though I had read about it years ago...
01 July 2014

Milkweed as a weed

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For my second post in the series on milkweed , I'll address the perception of milkweed as a weed.  The photo above shows a mature p...
23 June 2014

Milkweed - the first week

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Anyone who has read this blog on a regular basis knows that I have repeatedly decried the sad situation facing Monarch butterflies in the...
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27 October 2008

The joy of milkweed seeds

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One of the pleasures of youth (or of adulthood when you don't care what people think) is to shake milkweed pods and watch the fluff fl...