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 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:49:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 183435305 Moths in the Gardens https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/moths-in-the-gardens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moths-in-the-gardens https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/moths-in-the-gardens/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:49:58 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=6867 Flower Hill Farm Families of Moths 2014 inside and in the gardens, starting with the most majestic moths.   Saturniidae   Luna Moths and Cecropia Moths have an easy life of sleeping all day and then waking at dusk to fly out into layers of dark in search of mates.     Sphingidae  I confess to […]

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