July 6, 2018,
Today I saw the first monarch butterfly of the season, at a tiny field a block away from our home here in Harrisburg. Fortunately, the field has many milkweed plants, so the monarch, if female, will have many places to lay her eggs.
People who record statistics about butterflies say that the monarch population in America has declined by 90 percent in the past 20 years.
I do not try much photography of butterflies, but a few years ago I took this photo of a painted lady on zinnia plants in our front yard.
The largest butterfly I ever saw was this one in our neighbor’s yard.
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