#Milkweed

Ele Willoughby, PhDminouette@spore.social
2025-06-26

Who or what will be the pollinators of the future and what will or will not be pollinated?

Join me for my artist talk Thursday, June 26 at 12:00 - 1:00 EST to hear my take on this see my art about pollinators.

zoom.us/j/91236050990?pwd=kWFF

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #pollinators #future #milkweed #artistTalk

My linocut print on Arches paper with a deckle edge shows a common milkweed plant on collaged washi papers in green and plum overprinted with magenta sans serif text “WE’RE NOT WEEDS” with the Robobee pollination drone in black on an angle inside the O. The little drone is a vertical shaft with a dot and two wings at the top and a tripod at the bottom.

Here come my first milkweed flowers
#milkweed #bloomscrolling

Two clusters of common milkweed buds, one partially hidden by a leaf. Each bud is round and green, with five pink fuzzy sepals.
2025-06-19

She stands alone
Yashicamat 124 + Kentmere Pan 400 in hc110b 5.5m
#believeinfilm #bw #photography #milkweed #plant

A young milkweed plant lifts its leaves to the morning sun.
Took some time away from work today to get the #SwampMilkweed & #BeeBalm in the ground, ahead of the horrible 90-101F 10 day forecast coming our way. Added some mulch to try and keep them from drying out too much. Hopefully these will bring some more #pollinators to our #garden!

#gardening #milkweed #bees #butterflies #hummingbirds
A fenced outdoor area features a large brown tarp laid on the ground, with a few small stones scattered across it. A green bucket sits on one side, and there is grass and some foliage around the edges. A wooden fence and grassy yard are visible.A backyard scene featuring a patch of sparse grass and soil, bordered by a wooden fence and a chain-link fence. There are green plants and a blue bucket on one side, with stone pathways and pebbles visible in the lower right corner.A garden area with several small plants in black pots arranged on a bare patch of soil. A chain-link fence borders the space, and there's a grassy section with stones along the pathway. The background features a wooden fence and residential buildings.A fenced garden area with freshly mulched soil and several young plants sprouting. The background includes a wooden fence, grassy patches, and a stone pathway leading to a gravel area. A blue container is visible near the fence.
2025-06-17

My milkweed is blooming, but I haven't seen a single monarch butterfly yet this year. I understand they usually start arriving in May? (This is a red admiral butterfly, which is cool but not who I planted the milkweed for.)

:inaturalist: inaturalist.org/observations/2

Is it over so soon? Have I already seen my last migratory monarch butterfly? Did I plant my native plant garden too late to help save the monarchs?

#milkweed #butterflies

A butterfly with black wings striped with red and white is nectaring on purple milkweed flowers. Behind it are unopened buds and healthy-looking green leaves.
2025-06-15

#Wildflowers #Iowa #Milkweed #Spanish

Milkweed/Algodoncillo.
This is the first Common Milkweed that I’ve seen blooming this year.

In English, the milkweed is named for the plant’s milky sap.

In Spanish, the plant is named for the fluff that helps the wind disperse the seeds: Algodoncillo (from algodón “cotton” plus a diminutive suffix). So its name is roughly “little cottony thing.”

The top portion of s single-stemmed, green plant with large leaves with wavy edges.  One spherical cluster of tiny blossoms is showing pink and a few flowers are blooming.  Above, are other less mature clusters showing just a hint of pink.

Handle with care
#milkweed

A milkweed plant is growing in the grass outside of a little garden barrier. Two bricks have been placed around the milkweed, forming a triangle together with the other barrier, to remind anyone who might be mowing to leave this plant and not accidentally cut it down
2025-06-13

My Asclepsias bring all the bees to the yard. #bloomscrolling #milkshake #milkweed

Pink asclepsias blooms with bees buzzing around them.
シーフードジャパンSeafoodjapan
2025-06-09

東京で話題のモンブラン
新しいビーツデザート専門店
@the_b_e_e_t は渋谷に新しくオープンしたカフェで、ビーツの甘い健康 効果を訴求しています。このスーパーな根菜をボウルやデザートの すべてに取り入れ、新作のモンブランは日本のソーシャルメディアで瞬く 間に注目を集めています。ワッフルコーンに、マスカルポーネ クリーム、チョコレートクランチ、手作りいちご大福、バニラアイス クリーム、そして特製マロンとビーツのピューレを重ねてい ます。The Beet (5 Chome-16-5 Jingumae, Shibuya City, Tokyo 150-0001, Japan)

Milkweed flowers (Asclepias species) are among the most intricate in the plant world. Instead of loose pollen, they produce tiny sacs called pollinia that only a strong enough bee or wasp can pull free and carry to the next flower—otherwise, the insect might get stuck or even lose a limb trying.

#milkweed #wildflowers #wildlife #nature #california

2025-06-07
It's monarch season. #caterpillars #monarchs #milkweed
Two monarch caterpillars on a branch of milkweed.
2025-06-05
I am looking forward to recording the summer milkweed and monarchs.

#summer #milkweed #monarch
2025-06-05

Showy milkweed in flower. Waiting for butterflies (typically don’t see very many here so there is much excitement when they arrive). #milkweed

2025-06-04
2025-05-31

A hummingbird feather on a milkweed leaf (zoomed in), San Jose, CA, May 2025.

#inaturalist #nature #wildlife #hummingbird #milkweed #SanJose #sfba #California #ALT4you #birdsofmastodon #birds #milkweed

A close-up image of a milkweed leaf with a hummingbird feather on it.

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