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ferrousironicI am looking forward to recording the summer milkweed and monarchs. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/summer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#summer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/milkweed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/monarch?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monarch</a>

HisstogrammaShowy milkweed in flower. Waiting for butterflies (typically don’t see very many here so there is much excitement when they arrive). <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a>

Laura ScrimshawMilkweed seed and silk caught on the wind. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/milkweed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/seed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/plant?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plant</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/macro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macro</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/macroflora?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macroflora</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/naturemacro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturemacro</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/macronature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macronature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/naturephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a>

YazadA hummingbird feather on a milkweed leaf (zoomed in), San Jose, CA, May 2025.<a href="https://techhub.social/tags/inaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inaturalist</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hummingbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hummingbird</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SanJose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SanJose</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ALT4you" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ALT4you</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/birdsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birdsofmastodon</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birds</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a>

Adam Gladstone<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> are on my mind at the moment. Milkweeds are what <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monarch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#butterflies</a> lay their eggs on.<a href="https://adam-gladstone.pixels.com/featured/blooming-asclepius-flowers-adam-gladstone.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://adam-gladstone.pixels.com/featured/blooming-asclepius-flowers-adam-gladstone.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flowerphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowerphotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fedigiftshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedigiftshop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ayearforart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ayearforart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buyintoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buyintoart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fineartamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fineartamerica</a>

Louise Auerhahn 🏳️‍🌈After years of growing milkweed in San Jose, today I got my first ever visit from a monarch. And I think Momma Monarch was laying eggs! <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#butterfly</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/monarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monarch</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildflowers</a>

Bruce MacDonald"Milkweed is essential for monarch butterflies. It’s the only plant monarchs lay eggs on, and it’s the only plant its caterpillars eat. Having the plant available in areas where the butterflies reproduce is critical for the species survival as their population has been on the decline for years." <a href="https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-department-natural-resources-milkweed-plant-species-year-monarchs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-department-natural-resources-milkweed-plant-species-year-monarchs</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#butterflies</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisconsin</a>

HerndoniteMilkweed blooming in my yard in Herndon, Virginia <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bloomscrolling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a>

ℒӱḏɩę :blahaj:Got a <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#latex</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/allergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#allergy</a>? Be very careful weed-whacking <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a>. Some of that white sap splattered on me and I got obnoxious itchy <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/rashes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rashes</a> 3 days ago, and they're still there.

Lawrence Knapp<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#butterfly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/silentsunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#silentsunday</a>

NelsonOleander aphids (Aphis nerii) are on my milkweed again. They are unsightly, and may stress the plants and spread plant disease. Insecticides or even jets of water risk harming monarch caterpillars.So I want biological control. What natural predators can kill oleander aphids without being hurt by their toxins? Are any of them native?This paper suggests planting "service plants" to attract predators, but I don't know which predators I want to attract: <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/8/11/1038" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/8/11/1038</a><a href="https://jawns.club/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aphids</a> <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a>

Ryan M 🥄First year our milkweed has bloomed!<a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Milkweed</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/BloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BloomScrolling</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Yarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Yarden</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Fujifilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fujifilm</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/SOoC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SOoC</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDA piece for Manufactured Ecosystems about the future of pollination about who decides what gets pollinated if humans and our devices are the only pollinators.The definition of “weed” is usually pretty arbitrary and usually all sorts of native plants get caught up in our human biases. Milkweed is insanely popular with the pollinators in my garden and the host plant of the monarch butterfly. 🧵1/2<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#future</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a>

BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot🇺🇦 <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NowPlaying</a> on <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BBC6Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBC6Music</a>'s <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NewMusicFix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewMusicFix</a>Milkweed: 🎵 Exile of the Sons of Uisliu<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Milkweed</a> <a href="https://milkweedfolk.bandcamp.com/track/exile-of-the-sons-of-uisliu-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://milkweedfolk.bandcamp.com/track/exile-of-the-sons-of-uisliu-3</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/04XWNpckoLHIeR2lMG1De2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/track/04XWNpckoLHIeR2lMG1De2</a>

Ryan M 🥄Cool orange headed beetles on our milkweed today <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Beetles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Beetles</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/InsectPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsectPhotography</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insects</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Milkweed</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Yarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Yarden</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Fujifilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fujifilm</a>

Ryan M 🥄From this morning, a Cranefly on a Milkweed leaf <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Cranefly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cranefly</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insects</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/InsectPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsectPhotography</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Milkweed</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Yarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Yarden</a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/Fujiflm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fujiflm</a>

TrilobyterI planted a lot of native <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a> this year to support the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/monarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monarch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#butterflies</a> and they were discovered quickly because the milkweed are now full of monarch <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/caterpillars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caterpillars</a>. This one was found wandering up a stem of mealy blue sage after it and its siblings munched a nearby milkweed down to bare stems.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilentSunday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#butterfly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/flowerphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowerphotography</a>

ferrousironicWelp, here is a random photo of the finished milkweed and monarch. I am very happy to have this piece behind me, but I feel ambivalent about its appearance, atm. Perhaps I just feel brain dead but at least I don't hate it (yet). I will probably touch it up somewhat, but I looks fine. It's much more radiant IRL but I can't seem to capture the colors in a file. Cameras do not like contrasting color juxtapositions, it seems. This photo reminds me of so many other photographs, especially of grid pieces, that look like their made of maybe ten colors, but when seen IRL it's obvious there are so many more. And the brain performs a plethora of brain tricks too, some known and some unknown, and I can never be sure which is which. Anyway, part of the idea was to hide the subject matter too, and keep the piece in the abstract genre. Half disappearing monarch, half disappearing art, half disappearing observer. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/painting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#painting</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/milkweed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/monarch?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monarch</a>

Native Plants UnlimitedIt’s our last week for Indiana native plant preorders! Get orders in now to make sure you're ready to plant in May! We have 100+ species available for preorder, including 5 species of milkweed and select species in one gallons! As always, those who preorder will get first crack at the 200+ species at our main sale before we open to everyone on May 7th! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nativehabitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativehabitat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/butterflygarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#butterflygarden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monarchbutterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monarchbutterflies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinatorgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinatorgarden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gardeningforwildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardeningforwildlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indianapolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indianapolis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indiana</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indianawildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indianawildlife</a>

telliottmbamscMilkweed bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) Dane County, Wisconsin, USA <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Milkweed</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> 316aaaa.jpg

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