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Great Spangled Fritillary On Common Milkweed

June 20, 2026

Yesterday Great Spangled Fritillaries (Speyeria cybele) and several species of bees were found on a patch of Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) up here.

Oh, what a fragrance those flowers have! That scent must be an invitation to pollinators all around, a plea perhaps, to come drink the nectar and help spread the pollen to other plants here in the patch.

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Note To Self

A note to me: next year, plant more Sunflowers. You need to see more butterflies.

I’m hoping I’ll get the message, and act on it.

The top photo: Monarch at Sunflower (Helianthus annuus). And this: A Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) visiting a Tithonia (Tithonia rotundifolia).

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