Flower Hill Farm Retreat https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com B&B, Retreat, Vacation Rental Flower Hill Farm in Williamsburg MA Western Mass 20 minutes outside of Northampton MA 413-268-7481 Sat, 17 May 2014 15:01:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 183435305 Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Viceroy and Common Buckeye https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-viceroy-and-common-buckeye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-viceroy-and-common-buckeye https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-viceroy-and-common-buckeye/#respond Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:50:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-viceroy-and-common-buckeye/ The striking Viceroy Limenitis archippus, can be sighted in flight, here in Massachusetts, from around the end of May till the beginning of October.Birds are now searching out the overwintering, hibernating, bird droppings-like caterpillars in their neatly constructed leafy ‘tents’ of apples, cherry or willow leaves. Like the Red-spotted Admiral they cleverly create a hibernaculum by drawing […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-viceroy-and-common-buckeye/feed/ 0 136 Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Viceroy and Common Buckeye https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-viceroy-and-common-buckeye-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-viceroy-and-common-buckeye-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-viceroy-and-common-buckeye-2/#respond Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:50:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-viceroy-and-common-buckeye-2/ The striking Viceroy Limenitis archippus, can be sighted in flight, here in Massachusetts, from around the end of May till the beginning of October.Birds are now searching out the overwintering, hibernating, bird droppings-like caterpillars in their neatly constructed leafy ‘tents’ of apples, cherry or willow leaves. Like the Red-spotted Admiral they cleverly create a hibernaculum by drawing […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-viceroy-and-common-buckeye-2/feed/ 0 5312 Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Favorite Buckeye https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-favorite-buckeye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-favorite-buckeye https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-favorite-buckeye/#respond Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:58:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-favorite-buckeye/ I was lucky to get so close to this fresh and perfect  Common Buckeye as it sipped nectar from, of all plants, a hydrangea. Buckeye Junonia coenia It was a joyous June day this past summer when I captured my first ever Buckeye!  These beauties do not overwinter here but fly south as our beloved Monarchs. […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-favorite-buckeye/feed/ 0 200 Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Favorite Buckeye https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-favorite-buckeye-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-favorite-buckeye-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-favorite-buckeye-2/#respond Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:58:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-favorite-buckeye-2/ I was lucky to get so close to this fresh and perfect  Common Buckeye as it sipped nectar from, of all plants, a hydrangea. Buckeye Junonia coenia It was a joyous June day this past summer when I captured my first ever Buckeye!  These beauties do not overwinter here but fly south as our beloved Monarchs. […]

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