Post your yard and pond visitors

[rjrivero]

 

[rjrivero]

 

[rjrivero]

 

[rjrivero]

 

[addy1]

Great pictures!

 

[KDubU]

Yes very nice @rjrivero!

More Monarchs have hatched and here are some latecomers that are commencing the cocooning stage.

This one is looking for a spot to hang.

This one has found it’s spot and is in position.

This one has found it’s spot and now needs to hang.

 

[mrsclem]

I've been finding monarch cocoons under my lotus leaves! Great place to stay nice and dry. My dill and parsley have been invaded- again! I planted tons of both in the butterfly garden but they seem to prefer my cooking herbs on the deck. Guess we will have more black swallowtails this year. Hopefully these will hatch out before spring.

 

[addy1]

My milk weed has most of the leaves eaten off, have yet to see a cat, but they must be there.

 

[addy1]

The bees are loving the sedum that opening. Butterflies, bumble bees, native bees, having one great time eating the nectar.

 

[j.w]

@addy1 Oh man do they love the Sedums! Never seen so many bees as on mine also! They are so easy to start also. Just break off a branch, stick in the ground and voila, another Sedum plant. They come in so many different varieties from short sprawling to very tall.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

A couple days ago I saw a monarch caterpillar crawling around on Joe Pye Weed in one of my birdhouse gardens, so I made sure to check back. It was doing the "J" yesterday, and today it was a chrysalis.

Directly below it, I saw something jump, and realized it was a Western Chorus Frog. This second one in three days, and I rarely ever see them. This one was particularly stunning. I tried to get it to pose on a leaf, but it wanted nothing to do with it, and I didn't want to further stress it out, so I let it be.

 

[KDubU]

A couple more monarchs hatched and I made sure they were in the sun to dry their wings. We have had a huge batch this year which makes me very happy.

And some of our green frogs that are in the sun warming up.

 

[Burd]

My big frog that keeps trying to leave. Lol

 

[Burd]

The bees are loving the sedum that opening. Butterflies, bumble bees, native bees, having one great time eating the nectar.View attachment 124345View attachment 124346View attachment 124347View attachment 124348

I guess mine doesn’t get enough sun.

 

[addy1]

Mine are full sun, I have one bunch in a shaded area, they do poorly. I do not water them at all. In fact water nothing except a few pots on the deck.