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	<title>The Backyard Arthropod Project &#187; Butterflies</title>
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	<description>A Field Guide to the North Side of Old Mill Hill, Atlantic Mine, MI</description>
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		<title>Orange Skipper</title>
		<link>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2012/01/28/orange-skipper-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Eisele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another of the little orange skippers that are common around here in the early summer (this one was photographed on June 16, 2011). It has some white mottling on its underwings, which is a bit different from the nearly pure orange skipper that was posted in the past. It looks like one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mourning Cloak Butterfly</title>
		<link>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2011/12/24/mourning-cloak-butterfly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Eisele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And here is our annual Christmas butterfly[1] &#8211; in a bit better shape than the one from last year. I&#8217;ve been stalking these for years, and I finally caught one. This one was flying around the feral apple trees in the back yard on August 14. I had to chase it all over the yard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Admiral Butterfly</title>
		<link>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2011/04/16/red-admiral-butterfly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Eisele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sam caught this butterfly for me on May 16, 2010 with her insect net. Like most butterflies, it wasn&#8217;t very cooperative about showing the tops of its wings, but I did manage to snap one shot with the wings open. This pose is more typical, with the wings folded up over its back. Like this, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reconstructed Viceroy Butterfly</title>
		<link>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2010/12/25/reconstructed-viceroy-butterfly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Eisele</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[It's not easy being a bug]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m afraid this one isn&#8217;t very &#8220;Christmassy&#8221;. Sorry about that. On June 15, Sandy&#8217;s parents came up to visit us (and particularly to see their granddaughters). This was a long trip, it&#8217;s roughly 570 miles from their house to here. And somewhere along the way, their radiator grille intercepted this butterfly that Sandy and Sam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the Monarchs Die</title>
		<link>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2010/09/11/how-the-monarchs-die/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Eisele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a good year locally for Monarch butterflies. We have a lot of milkweed growing around the place, and in particular there is a smooth-leaved variety growing back in the woods that the Monarchs really like. Around the middle of July, it was to the point that practically every milkweed plant had at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Crescent (or maybe Pearl Crescent)</title>
		<link>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2009/11/14/northern-crescent-or-maybe-pearl-crescent/</link>
		<comments>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2009/11/14/northern-crescent-or-maybe-pearl-crescent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Eisele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arthropods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crescents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several different kinds of small orange-and-black butterflies around here in the summer. They mostly look about the same from a distance, and telling them apart requires actually catching them for a close look. A lot of them hang around on lawns, so they are easy enough to catch with a standard butterfly net. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Tiger Swallowtail</title>
		<link>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2009/01/24/canadian-tiger-swallowtail/</link>
		<comments>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2009/01/24/canadian-tiger-swallowtail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Eisele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word for today is &#8220;Snarge&#8221; As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, butterflies give me trouble, because they are large, flighty, and will not sit still. People who get really nice pictures of butterflies generally do it with a combination of persistence, excellent equipment, skill, and a bit of luck[1]. I&#8217;m not so good in the equipment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Copper Butterfly</title>
		<link>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/10/11/american-copper-butterfly/</link>
		<comments>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/10/11/american-copper-butterfly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Eisele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Butterflies give me a lot of trouble S_ and Sam came back from a walk on October 3 with this little butterfly perched on a small Queen-Anne&#8217;s-Lace blossom. The wings are about 2 cm wide, give or take a bit. It was 40 degrees F outside at the time, and the butterfly was cold enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monarch Butterfly</title>
		<link>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/03/08/monarch-butterfly/</link>
		<comments>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/03/08/monarch-butterfly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Eisele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I&#8217;ve got to do this one. Any insect-themed blog eventually has to have an entry about Monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus. It&#8217;s required[1]. So, here we go. Last summer, S_ and Sam caught[2] several Monarch caterpillars and raised them in a terrarium. While this made it easy to watch them, the glass made it hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Variegated Fritillary Caterpillar</title>
		<link>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/02/23/variegated-fritillary-caterpillar/</link>
		<comments>http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/02/23/variegated-fritillary-caterpillar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Eisele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arthropods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Butterflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fritillaries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[S_ was growing some petunias in pots on the south side of the house last spring, and one day noticed that she had quite an infestation of some pretty eye-catching caterpillars. You can see three of them just in this one picture[1], there were probably a dozen or so in total: In addition to being [...]]]></description>
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