After that last horrible video of a mealworm being tortured to death by a spider, here’s something nicer: Mary and I crossed the street to watch swarms of Monarchs roosting in the trees.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
This immediately reminded me of the Venture Brothers: The Origin of the Monarch
Wow, is that neat!
I planted milkweed about eight to ten years ago, and it has spread around the yard periphery. But I have never seen a monarch. I don’t think they pass through north central Washington state.
Cool.
Ah, apparently they do show up in central Washington, mainly along the Columbia River, but certainly not in droves. https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/species/danaus-plexippus#desc-range
Is that what it was? I thought it was Ken Ham.
Do you happen to know what countries they were Queens and Kings of?
One monarch less. King Harald V of Norway died this morning.1937. But the American dude is still alive. Two reasons to be sad.
Three if you include the strangling prince of Saudi being alive.
Correction. I was about to type “1937- 2026” but accidentally touched the “post” icon.
So he (the king, not Trump) was born during Stalin’s great purge. Also, during the temporary improvement of the Great Depression, which fooled the US government to reduce the economic stimulus, only for the depression to come roaring back.
I tried to find out if Eurasia has migrating butterflies but could not find anything. We also lack blood-drinking bats (an error in the second Indiana Jones film). And sadly, we have no marsupials. We have hedgehogs, but they neither migrate or drink blood (with the possible exception of Spiny Norman).
Thanks, PZ, that is the best ‘detox’ moment I’ve had in a long time.
That’s exactly what the Monarch sanctuary near my home in CA looks like most winters.
Last winter, we had very few Monarchs over wintering. Hopefully, we’ll see more of them this year.
There is a big fire in Big Sur right now, which may have destroyed some of their alternate spots.
Humans are really doing a number on wildlife lately.