Whoa! First time spotting an Abbott’s Sphinx caterpillar in my yard today! 🐛✨

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Video from grass level POV: a monarch caterpillar adventuring through the grass in golden hour evening light toward the camera.

This monarch caterpillar is off on their big adventure! They’ve left the milkweed garden in search of a place to make a chrysalis & become a butterfly 🦋✨

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Tithonia is not a native where I live, but it is ALWAYS a big butterfly fave, especially late in the migration. I always make sure I have plenty for refueling for the Mexico marathon. 10/20/24, my backyard, 7b.

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Another pollinator feature, purely by luck! These holes in my yard were made by solitary leaf cutter bees!

I can't say which species in particular but I can tell you how cute they are carrying their leaf pieces the size of their body! 🐝🍃✨

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