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Backyard and Beyond
Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world. "The place to observe nature is where you are."—John Burroughs
This work by Matthew Wills is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Backyard and Beyond 
For what it’s worth, I’ve seen very few butterflies this year except for cabbage whites and an occasional small blue – probably summer azure.
Lots and lots of butterflies this summer, including Monarchs, here in Corning, N.Y.!
Huzzah! Great photos and great news!
Last year at this time, I had 10 Monarch caterpillars. This year, I only had 3. Only one survived to become a butterfly. 😥