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Tips to support backyard wildlife, native plants, pollinators & biodiversity. 📸 from our Carolina property. Scientific Name IDs. © Mostly iPhone, sometimes Canon, & occasionally F bombs. Repost nature, news, etc. No AI. No DMs or blocked

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Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 22d

Autumn 🍂 #AutumnEquinox

A collection of various items from our woodlands and gardens to celebrate the Autumn Equinox. Photographed from loosely left to right: butternut squash , goldenrod , Turk’s Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii) , tomatoes , mushrooms , Rudbeckia triloba , amaranth, Redbud leaves, American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) , red flower of Hibiscus coccinea , okra , muscadines (Vitis rotundifolia) , persimmon ( Diospyros virginian), dried beans , Scuppernongs, and fruit/seeds of hearts-a-bustin (Euonymus americanus)

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Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 1h

That’s awesome, Scarlett! It’s a pretty plant!

Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 2h

One hour later! Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar to Chrysalis #DioneVanillae

A gulf fritillary caterpillar’s metamorphosis to chrysalis gulffritillary

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Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks Tim! Four gulf fritillary caterpillars are prepping to their chrysalis simultaneously!

Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 3h

Gorgeous colors 🍁

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Christine Hallquist @christinehallquist.bsky.social · 10h

October in Cabot Vermont

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Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 4h

4 hours later: Gulf Fritillary Metamorphosis #DioneVanillae

Changes occur as the Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar begins transformation into a chrysalis

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 7h

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 4h

It’s all about location, location, location! Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar prepping for metamorphosis (Dione vanillae) #DioneVanillae

A Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar anchored on the end of a limb preparing to transition into a chrysalis. gulffritillary gulffritillarycaterpillar metamorphosis #bugsky wildlifegarden pollinatorgarden caterpillars invertebrates

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you, world!

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 12h

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Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks!

Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 13h

So many butterflies! ps: Voles are my garden nemesis.

Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 13h

Pitstop for migrating hummingbirds: Turk’s Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus). The Sulphur butterflies are also frequent visitors. Blooms til frost. Backdropped with the changing leaf colors of autumn. #MalvaviscusArboreus

Multiple red tubular flowers of Turk’s Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus). This nativeplant of Southeastern US is an important late food source for migrating hummingbirds and active butterflies this time of year. turkscap whatsblooming gardenhour pollinatorgarden nativeplants turkcap waxmallow hibiscus wildlifegarden

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Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 13h

Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) at dusk. #ConocliniumCoelestinum

The blue hues of Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) become dominant as the sun goes down. An autumn bloomer and late food source for pollinators. bluemistflower pollinatorgarden nativeplants bloomscrolling wildflowers bluemonday blueflowers wildlifegarden

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Respect to those who got here first.

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Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 1d

😳 wow

Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the updates. Been thinking about you and those trees 🌳

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Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 1d

Clouded Skipper Butterfly (Lerema accius) on Blue Mistflower. #LeremaAccius #bugsky

A clouded skipper feeding off of a Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) bloom. cloudedskipper butterflies pollinator wildlifegarden

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine making six figures to not do anything you were entrusted to do.

…getting paid to not work while thousands of civil servants around you were getting fired.

…betraying those who counted on you to represent them, all to appease a wannabe dictator.

The GOP Congress is a helluva thing.

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Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 1d

Protective Mama. Green Lynx Spider and her babies (Peucetia viridans) 🕷️ #PeucetiaViridans

A female green lynx spider anchored in her loosely structured cob web attached to dried up leaves from a hibiscus plant. spiders spidersky #bugsky inverts invertebrates backyardwildlife

Baby green lynx spiders. 🕷️ greenlynxspider

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debmaluk.bsky.social @debmaluk.bsky.social · 2d

#GoBlueJays!

a Blue Jay on a thin branch with dark out of focus foliage in the background. The crest feathers are raised and backlit by the Sun

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Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 2d

Tithonia rotundifolia on a cloudy day. #TithoniaRotundifolia

An orange Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia) centered in this photo. Sky is cloudy. A few rain drops are visible on the orange petals. An annual that blooms til frost mexicansunflower tithonia bloomscrolling gardening

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The federal food program helping more than 1 in 4 young children access fresh produce, milk, and formula will run out of funding next week.

Over 5 million children could lose food assistance — all thanks to the Trump-Republican shutdown.

The cruelty is endless.

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Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 2d

He adorable and seems to have spunky personality 😊

Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t understand the motif. Is someone hoping to profit from wood harvested from land they don’t own?!?! I would get some decoy cameras which are friendlier on the wallet versus the expensive trail cams. Or maybe place a message on the trees laying out the legal consequences as a deterrent?

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I'mjustagirljm🌻 @justagirl52.bsky.social · 2d

Good Sunday morning. It's now 8:08 AM and 44° outside, with a very early gray sky.

Today, my daily post features photographs from years ago from my files of lovely butterflies that have sadly not been present this year in my gardens.

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