For #LearnAboutButterfliesDay :
Eric Carle (1929-2021)
Untitled artworks ( #Caterpillar & #Butterfly )
My Very First Book of Growth, 1986
Collage of acrylic-painted tissue paper on illustration board
“Small Living Things: The Magical Art of Eric Carle” @ Michener Art Museum
“Eric Carle riffed on his iconic Very Hungry Caterpillar imagery throughout his books. In the wordless My Very First Book of Growth, an instantly recognizable green-and-red caterpillar turns into a luminous butterfly.”
Mourning Cloak butterfly and its reflection and shadow on a bright and hot San Jose afternoon, Mar 2026
#inaturalist #wildlife #nature #bloomscrolling #butterfly #insects #SanJose #California #sfba #ALT4you
How your smartphone could help unlock the mystery of the monarch butterfly's migration from Mexico
Butterflies that swarm El Rosario reserve over winter tagged with tiny transmitters to track journey north
#Butterfly #Science #Technology
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/monarch-butterfly-mexico-migration-tracking-smartphone-9.7126224

CBC
Unlocking the monarch's migration secrets in Mexico's butterfly empire | CBC NewsA total of 160 monarchs across Mexico’s six butterfly sanctuaries have been tagged with new transmitters that will provide the most detailed look to date at the first leg of the the insects' migration back north.