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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

i found some black swallowtails hosting on the dill i grow for my bunny 🥰

a small black swallowtail caterpillar, a black caterpillar with orange spots along its back and sides and a white belt around its middle. it is on a small dill plant, eating the leaves

an even smaller black swallowtail caterpillar, black with tiny orange spots along its back and a white belt around its middle. it is eating the leaves of a small dill plant

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forbrukerradet.bsky.social @forbrukerradet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Har du lagt merke til at ting døyr litt for tidleg? Det har vi òg 👀 Det er tema for vår nyeste rapport. / Ever noticed how things tend to die a little too soon? So have we 👀 That’s the topic of our latest report. Les rapporten/read our report👉forbrukerradet.no/shortlife

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

not sure what kind of moth this is (didnt get a good pic of the wings) but it was hanging out like this with its lil face so visible 😭 i love seeing moths on my plants; i like to go out right when its getting dark and watch them fly around my gardens 💖 #nativeplants

a light brown and tan moth perched on the side of a joe pye weed flower, facing the camera

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

saw the cutest little guy earlier 🥹 hickory tussock moth caterpillar 💖

a fluffy white caterpillar with a line of black spots down its back and several long hairs sticking out of its sides. it is upside down on the underside of a wooden deck railing

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

there were four monarchs nectaring in my butterfly garden earlier 🥹 + a gray hairstreak on my new england asters 🥰 i just added the bed this year, i cant wait to see how it fills out and who else visits 💖 #nativeplants

3 monarch butterflies nectaring on new york ironweed

two monarch butterflies nectaring on new england blazing star

two monarch butterflies nectaring on anise hyssop

a gray hairstreak butterfly on a new england aster flower

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

new england blazing star has been a huge hit with the bumblebees 🥰 #nativeplants

new england blazing star, a plant with long straight stems ending in pink pom-pom-like flowers, with 4 bumblebees nectaring on different flowers

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

i cannot believe how much my flowering raspberries, Rubus odoratus, have grown 😭 i was gonna wait to do a year apart but im too impatient, look at them go!! 🥰 #nativeplants october 27 2025 vs august 19 2026

two small flowering raspberry plants planted a few feet apart and surrounded by leaf litter. they are a couple inches tall with a few bright green maple-like leaves each

the same flowering raspberry plants, now about 4 feet tall and sprawling several feet, blending into each other and looking like a single bush. they now have dozens of large bright green maple-like leaves and are surrounded by leaf litter and a couple other small plants

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

found a spotted lanternfly over the weekend for the first time, at Garden in the Woods (native plant botanical garden) of all places. pretty weird experience actually spotting one after seeing so many flyers and info pages about them. i didnt really know what to do at the time lol but i reported

a spotted laternfly nymph on the underside of a leaf. it is a small red bug with black markings and white spots, an oval shaped body with a long head

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

first time seeing multiple monarchs at once 🧡 certainly not the last, especially once this butterfly garden grows in! all my joe pye weed has been absolutely mobbed with bees and butterflies lately 🥰 #nativeplants

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

cuties from today 🥰 my beebalm, hyssop, and coneflower have been absolutely popping with pollinators 💖 #nativeplants

a silver spotted skipper nectaring on wild bergamot. there is also a bumblebee in the background

a monarch butterfly nectaring on anise hyssop

a ruby throated hummingbird flying down to a purple coneflower that has a bumblebee on it

a goldfinch perched on a purple coneflower stem

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

cutie cleaning off on one of my garden signs after the rain 🐝💖

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

LETS FUCKING GOOO!!! hummingbird clearwing moth visited my garden today 🥹 ive never seen one in person before!! #nativeplants

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

another butterfly??? 😭 an american lady this time!! i really slept on purple coneflower last year because my plants barely bloomed and i didnt see anything on them, but this year they have been covered in bees and butterflies. 10/10 will add more #nativeplants

an american lady butterfly on a purple coneflower. its bright orange wings are open, showing black markings around the edges with white spots on the upper wing tip, and a row of black spots on the lower wing

an american lady butterfly on a purple coneflower. its wings are closed, showing bright orange with black stripes and white markings on the upper wing, and a black-brown lower wing with black rings on the edges and a white lace-like marking on the inner lower wing

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

another butterfly visitor on my coneflower 🥰 a great spangled fritillary? everything has been loving these coneflowers and they just showed up when i stopped mowing. i transplanted them when i removed the grass and theyre doing great this year 💖 #nativeplants

a small orange-brown butterfly on a purple coneflower. its wings are closed, showing black stripes on its upper wing and white spots with black outlines on its lower wing

a small orange-brown butterfly on a purple coneflower. its wings are open, showing black stripes on the inner wing that turn into black spots on the outer wing. the area closer to its head is a darker brown while its outer wings are bright orange

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

hello beautiful, i love you 🧡 there's some butterflyweed in this bed that it was all over, and i also saw either a black or spicebush swallowtail on my hyssop earlier! last year i had lots of bees but few butterflies, and i'm so excited to see them showing up now 🥹 #nativeplants

a monarch butterfly nectaring on purple coneflower

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

i saw this SUPER BRIGHT bumblebee on my anise hyssop the other day 😭 you can see how muted the bee in the background is in comparison. not sure what species this is but i love them so much 💛 #nativeplants

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

a chipmunk loves climbing on my mower and this pic i got of it mid-stretch is fucking killing me

a chipmunk flattened on its stomach with its front and back legs out, mid-stretch, on the seat of a red riding mower

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

silver spotted skipper on my anise hyssop 💖 #nativeplants

a brown skipper butterfly with a white mark in the center of its wings nectaring on anise hyssop

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

i cant believe how many black eyed susans appear in areas i dont mow 😭 you can see they escaped into my backyard behind the fence in the last pic; this isnt even all of them. i have never planted a black eyed susan (i love them, please keep spreading) #nativeplants

a patch of black eyed susans next to the front steps of a house

a large patch of blooming black eyed susans wrapping the corner of a house

a patch of plants including black eyed susans, pokeweed, zigzag goldenrod and more in front of a house

a patch of tall plants including black eyed susans and purple coneflower. there is a chainlink fence to the left side with more black eyed susans growing into a grassy backyard

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

my flowering raspberry leaves are getting massive 😭 the one on the right had its stem ripped off in a storm early spring but its been growing back happily 💚 #nativeplants

two small flowering raspberry bushes next to each other with large maple-like leaves

a hand on top of a flowering raspberry leaf, showing that the leaf is larger than the hand by an inch or so on each side

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

ive been seeing a pair of goldfinches eating coreopsis seeds in my garden daily and i absolutely love watching them. this morning there were TWO pairs eating together 😭 couldnt get a pic of all of them without scaring them off but managed to get 3 in one. i love them sm

a garden bed with coreopsis flowers that are going to seed. there are 3 goldfinches perched on the stems eating seeds, a male and 2 females

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

i went to wash dishes and this little beast immediately ran in view of my window, checked out my mistflower, then passed it up and started eating my NE aster 😭 i almost left it but i planted those recently as plugs and it was fuckin plowing thru them so i stared it down til it moved along lol

a small brown wild rabbit in a mulched garden bed with several young plants. the rabbit is eating a small new england aster

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

my coreopsis patch is blooming! this was a pre-existing clump of plants that appeared when i stopped mowing. i dug them up, divided them, and replanted them around this bed and they seem so happy 😭 the clump would only give me like 1 or 2 flowers at a time. the little bees love them! #nativeplants

a small patch of lanceleaf coreopsis plants in bloom

a close-up of a lanceleaf coreopsis bloom with a small bee on it

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

little sweat bee visiting my blue flag iris, Iris versicolor 💜 #nativeplants

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This #WorldBeeDay, learn how to #SaveTheBees! Here in North America, there are over 3600 native species of bees, in all shapes and sizes. Many of them are in trouble, but you help turn things around! Find everything you need to get started 🐝 xerces.org/bring-back-t...

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

my columbine finally started blooming after turning into a large bush for weeks 😭❤️ the flowers are sooo beautiful #nativeplants

a red columbine plant in a mulched garden bed. it has a large bushy set of leaves at the bottom and several stalks rising up about 2 feet with drooping red flowers on top

the top of a red columbine plant with several red flowers blooming

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Punto / Toby - Looking for Work @punto.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

"I am obscene to you, but to myself I simply am." #transrights #smallbusiness #lgbtqart #queerart

Digital illustration of two pigeons, two rats, a snail, a slug, some isopods and a moth in a cuddle pile. The text reads "I am obscene to you but to myself I simply am."

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

how can you not love these little guys 🥹🐝💛

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

i spent the day at Garden in the Woods and i saw sooo many woody native plants, most of which i had never heard of 🥹 i happened to get there right when a tour was starting and i learned so much... i want to go back soon and explore the trails we didnt walk also they sell SO MANY native plants 😭

a red trillium surrounded by many other woody native plants

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

volunteered to clear invasive plants at an audubon location for state volunteer day and they gave out free flowering dogwood saplings lets fucking go

a bare root flowering dogwood sapling with its roots in a small plastic bag sitting on a table. there is an info sheet about flowering dogwood behind it

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

first flower of the year from my woodland phlox 💜 #nativeplants

a small woodland phlox plant with a single shoot and one light purple flower on the end

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

american robin picking dried grass from my prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) to use as nesting material 🥹💖 watching native wildlife use native plants is so magical sorry for the abysmal quality, compression hates videos taken thru a window screen 😭

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

i think there are bees living in one of my trees?? yesterday i noticed one circling a tree and a handful of small holes in it, then later i saw one inside the hole while 2 others circled around. today i saw at least 2 bees in the hole together, maybe sleeping? this is so fucking cool 😭

a close up of tree bark with a hole in the middle. inside the hole are two bees, one on the right with its abdomen showing, and one behind it on the left with its face showing

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

absolute beast passed by my house earlier 🦃

a turkey walking through a side yard between the road and a chainlink fence

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

THERE ARE BUMBLEBEES IN MY YAAAARD!!! 😭 saw a little guy scanning for flowers while adding to my compost... i only have a couple small dandelions but SOON!!! first bee ive seen this year 🥹

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

'A simple (perfect) life' - my spring landscape is finally finished! An apple orchard in bloom, old railway, sheep with their lambs and an allotment being prepared for growing :) Zoom in to see all the other tiny details too... I think this might be my favourite aerial embroidery I've ever done!

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. It depicts an apple orchard in bloom in the centre, allotments to the left and sheep in their field at the bottom. Train tracks go past the top of the orchard and allotment.

Sewn train tracks past an apple orchard (to the left).

An angled view of a sewn vegetable allotment surrounded by rough land, trees and with train tracks to the left.

An angled view of embroidered bushes and paths going through them leading to an orchard, allotment and fields.

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

so jealous of everyone who already has flowers growing, but i am enjoying watching how my perennials grow back every day ❤️ new england aster 3/25 vs 4/1 #nativeplants

a new england aster in mulch with a handful of small reddish sprouts growing

a new england aster in mulch with about half a dozen bright green sprouts

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Ida Ꮚ•ꈊ•Ꮚ @floofyfluff.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Bunny binkies! 🐇 #art

An illustration of several rabbits bouncing around against a soft green and yellow background. The bunnies are having binkies all over the place, with colourations such as brown on white, black on brown, or pure white. Some of them have floppy ears, while others have upright ones. They are all adorable, though, and very round! Chubby bunnies, indeed!

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

things ive done since starting my new meds: decorated my yard with lights for christmas went to a family holiday event for the first time in years (and had a good time for once) repainted my beige living room and working on the rest of my house reorganized my kitchen after realizing how annoying the

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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

SPRING HERALD 🐰💐 #formline #indigenousart #telekitneticart Made with a thrifted wood piece and posca markers

A picture of a thrifted, half circle wood piece with a formline design painted on it. The design depicts a sitting brown rabbit on a field of bright green grass, surrounded by pollen and small blue and pink flowers.

A picture of the same piece, but from a higher angle. Along the edge of the wood piece is a symmetrical formline design of a white rabbit lying down.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Did you know that the bees that need saving are NOT honeybees? Honeybees are the dairy cows of bees. People brought them over from Europe to make us honey. The problem with honeybees, esp in resource-limited ecosystems (like hey! cities!) is that they compete with our native bees for food.

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Rhythm 🎶 🌱 @rhythmicwolf.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

my first birthday since starting meds that work... sure wish i had something to DO

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