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The Magic of Raising Monarchs

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Mary Vienneau releases a monarch butterfly she raised. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau releases a monarch butterfly she raised. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau releases a monarch butterfly she raised. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau releases a monarch butterfly she raised. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau releases a monarch butterfly she raised. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau releases a monarch butterfly she raised. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau releases a monarch butterfly she raised. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau releases a monarch butterfly she raised. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

A monarch released in Mary Vienneau's garden. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

A monarch released in Mary Vienneau's garden. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

A monarch released in Mary Vienneau's garden. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

A monarch released in Mary Vienneau's garden. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

A monarch released in Mary Vienneau's garden. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

A monarch released in Mary Vienneau's garden. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

A monarch released in Mary Vienneau's garden. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

A monarch released in Mary Vienneau's garden. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

A monarch caterpillar munches on milkweed. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

A monarch caterpillar munches on milkweed. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

A monarch chrysalis. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

A monarch chrysalis. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau tests a newly emerged monarch butterfly for OE spores. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau tests a newly emerged monarch butterfly for OE spores. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau tests a newly emerged monarch butterfly for OE spores. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau tests a newly emerged monarch butterfly for OE spores. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau tests a newly emerged monarch butterfly for OE spores. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau tests a newly emerged monarch butterfly for OE spores. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau with her monarch chrysalis necklace. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau with her monarch chrysalis necklace. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau's monarch waystation. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Mary Vienneau's monarch waystation. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

authorLisa Daffy on Sep 21, 2022
Mary Vienneau, a professional gardener based in East Quogue, took the mantra, “Think globally, act locally,” to heart when she first adopted a monarch caterpillar six summers ago. “My husband... more

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