Swampscott Conservancy

The Swampscott Conservancy September is when I notice more monarch butterflies passing through my garden. You can’t miss them. Not with their brilliant orange and black wing pattern. Danaus plexippus is perhaps the best known of all the butterflies, one that everyone can readily identify as they flutter by.  I imagine that they are beginning their long journey from our … [Read more...] about Nature in the Neighborhood: Butterflies and snakes