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 15:01:05 +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 2012 ~ Red-spotted Admiral https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-red-spotted-admiral/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-red-spotted-admiral https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-red-spotted-admiral/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:24:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-red-spotted-admiral/ Later on in this merry month of April, here in Western Massachusetts, Red-spotted Admirals Limenitis arthemis, who survive the cold winter and foraging birds, will awaken from their overwintering third larva stage. Flower Hill Farm has many of the preferred larva host plants or trees.  The sleeping caterpillars, mimicking bird droppings, may be hiding out in some of […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-red-spotted-admiral/feed/ 0 137 Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Red-spotted Admiral https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-red-spotted-admiral-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-red-spotted-admiral-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-red-spotted-admiral-2/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:24:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-red-spotted-admiral-2/ Later on in this merry month of April, here in Western Massachusetts, Red-spotted Admirals Limenitis arthemis, who survive the cold winter and foraging birds, will awaken from their overwintering third larva stage. Flower Hill Farm has many of the preferred larva host plants or trees.  The sleeping caterpillars, mimicking bird droppings, may be hiding out in some of […]

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