Photo of the month contest October 2014 - Wildlife Gardeners

EllenW · 10-01-2014, 08:34 AM

Happy October everyone. Thank you for the photos that you submit to these contests. They are all winners!

wildwatcher · 10-01-2014, 04:02 PM

I know, I know, awful 'instamatic' picture quality...and yet I'm entering a few pixs just for fun!

I like it when the wild turkeys visit from time to time, I think I counted about a dozen in this flock.

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At the same crossing in my driveway, the deer go thru here often.

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I found this 'hairy bugger', and he was kina big! Nearly 2" across...probably!....LOL I wasn't going to measure him with a ruler.

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EllenW · 10-01-2014, 05:38 PM

Thanks ww. Lucky you to see Turkeys on your property. That spider is a beauty.

KC Clark · 10-03-2014, 11:01 AM

Found this monarch cat on my Sullivant's milkweed yesterday. Cat was 5th instar but not full size. Hopefully, it is the last of the year because it is getting awfully late in the year.

EllenW · 10-03-2014, 07:59 PM

Glad you found a Monarch cat KC. Did you have many of them this summer?

KC Clark · 10-07-2014, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by EllenW

Glad you found a Monarch cat KC. Did you have many of them this summer?

It was a very good year. I have yet to tally my notes to see how many I raised. I gave quite a few away since I did not have time to be raising all of them. And then even more raised themselves. Before this year, I had seen 3 monarch chrysalises on milkweeds during my life time. This year, my son and I found at least 6 in my front yard. And in a first, my butterfly weed had monarch cats eating it. I had never seen that before. Also found eggs on it. A very good year.

EllenW · 10-07-2014, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by KC Clark

It was a very good year. I have yet to tally my notes to see how many I raised. I gave quite a few away since I did not have time to be raising all of them. And then even more raised themselves. Before this year, I had seen 3 monarch chrysalises on milkweeds during my life time. This year, my son and I found at least 6 in my front yard. And in a first, my butterfly weed had monarch cats eating it. I had never seen that before. Also found eggs on it. A very good year.

Always great to hear happy news like that KC!

Rebek56 · 10-07-2014, 08:15 PM

Fall color shots from October 2012. We haven't had much color this year.

havalotta · 10-20-2014, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by wildwatcher

I found this 'hairy bugger', and he was kina big! Nearly 2" across...probably!....LOL I wasn't going to measure him with a ruler.Attachment 41686

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Why not? Afraid he's gonna grab on and arm wrestle ya?

Love the fallen leaves Rebeck. Makes me want to do a shuffle-sprint right through them.

wildwatcher · 10-20-2014, 11:10 PM

Your so funny havalotta, keep those one-liners going ~~~I love 'em.

And you hit the nail on the head, one thing I don't like wrestling is with hairy spiders. But it's Ok if he lives under the house, and not in the house!

ww

10-01-2014, 08:34 AM	#1
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	Photo of the month contest October 2014 Happy October everyone. Thank you for the photos that you submit to these contests. They are all winners! __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

10-01-2014, 04:02 PM	#2
wildwatcher Fox Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Northcentral rural Arkansas, usa	I know, I know, awful 'instamatic' picture quality...and yet I'm entering a few pixs just for fun! I like it when the wild turkeys visit from time to time, I think I counted about a dozen in this flock. At the same crossing in my driveway, the deer go thru here often. I found this 'hairy bugger', and he was kina big! Nearly 2" across...probably!....LOL I wasn't going to measure him with a ruler. ww __________________ "Actuality, be what you are" -Charlie Parks

10-01-2014, 05:38 PM	#3
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	Thanks ww. Lucky you to see Turkeys on your property. That spider is a beauty. __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

10-03-2014, 11:01 AM	#4
KC Clark Salamander Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Central Ohio	Found this monarch cat on my Sullivant's milkweed yesterday. Cat was 5th instar but not full size. Hopefully, it is the last of the year because it is getting awfully late in the year. Attached Thumbnails __________________ The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity. George Carlin

10-03-2014, 07:59 PM	#5
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	Glad you found a Monarch cat KC. Did you have many of them this summer? __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

10-07-2014, 08:15 PM	#8
Rebek56 Offical Silphium Abuser Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Southeast Ohio	Fall color shots from October 2012. We haven't had much color this year. Attached Thumbnails __________________ "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." --Cicero ~http://rebeccas-window.blogspot.com/~

10-20-2014, 11:10 PM	#10
wildwatcher Fox Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Northcentral rural Arkansas, usa	Your so funny havalotta, keep those one-liners going ~~~I love 'em. And you hit the nail on the head, one thing I don't like wrestling is with hairy spiders. But it's Ok if he lives under the house, and not in the house! ww __________________ "Actuality, be what you are" -Charlie Parks

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