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		<title>Raising Painted Lady Butterflies</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2010/07/painted-ladies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Painted Lady Butterflies Painted Lady Butterflies are one of the most widely distributed butterflies in the world, they can be found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica. Migration and the wide range of available host plants is what helps make the painted ladies so widely distributed.  The larvae (caterpillars) of Painted Ladies feed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mourning Cloak’s… A Joy to Behold!</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2010/07/mourning_cloak-butterfly_nymphalis_antiopa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mourning Cloak, Nymphalis antiopa, is one of the most common butterflies to be found in many regions throughout the world. There are several reasons why this handsome flier is so prevalent, but one of the most influential factors is that it uses a vareity of well known host plants, such as the Poplar, Cottonwood, Willow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NABA 4th of July Butterfly Counts</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2010/06/4th-of-july-butterfly-counts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OWB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrating its 36th year in 2010, the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Butterfly Count Program is a long-term citizen-scientist project, involving almost 500 counts and thousands of volunteers throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Volunteers select a count area with a 15-mile diameter count circle and assemble a group to conduct a one-day census, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery Chrysalis CONTEST…Can you guess what am I am?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OWB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If a predator were to look closely at you, they might see the outlines of your wings, antennae or abdomen. They might even see that you are an immobile butterfly in the making. Defenses are few for a strung up statue&#8230; -K. D&#8217;Angelo (from Butterfly Dimension) Be the first to correctly identify which species of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a Name? The Euphydryas chalcedona Butterfly&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2010/06/variable-checkerspot-butterfly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Euphydryas chalcedona butterfly is also known as the Chalcedon Checkerspot, the Variable Checkerspot, the Anicia Checkerspot and the Colon Checkerspot&#8230; which butterfly is this anyway ??? Most people use common names when referring to local butterflies, but each butterfly also has a scientific name assigned to it and thank goodness for that! Throughout the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come to a Caterpillar Convention&#8230; Caterpillar Phacelia (Phacelia circutaria)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The name Phacelia comes from the Greek word, phakelos, which means bundle. Caterpillar Phacelia, Phacelia circutaria, is a plant species native to California, which looks exactly as it&#8217;s name suggests, like a bundle of caterpillars. Look for this group of hairy, sun-loving annuals from March to June in the chaparral covered foothills of California. Coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monarch Butterfly Postage Stamp</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2010/06/monarch-stamp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OWB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monarch Butterfly Postage Stamp On May 17, 2010, the United States Postal Service issued a 64–cent, Monarch (Butterfly) definitive stamp, designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC. The Monarch stamp was designed for use on large-size non-machinable greeting cards. Many cards that require the additional postage will carry an outline of a generic butterfly on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bugs &#8216;N Butterflies Event at Riley Wildernes Park</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2010/05/riley-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 18:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OWB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join Obsession With Butterflies under the oak trees as entomologists and other enthusiasts share their knowledge of bugs and butterflies at the annual &#8220;BUGS &#8216;N BUTTERFLIES&#8221; event at Riley Wilderness Park on Sunday, June 6th 2010. Meet Brent Karner from the LA Museum of Natural History, along with his  &#8220;Insect Zoo&#8221;. Brent will be demonstrating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Butterfly Quotes</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2010/05/butterfly-quotes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 00:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tremendous beauty can be found in the tiniest of things... for who has ever thought to rival that of a butterfly's wing
~K. D'Angelo

All over the world butterflies soar into the hearts of man, they sail boundless and free, speaking the universal language of beauty
~K. D'Angelo]]></description>
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		<title>Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2010/04/heard-garden-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tour 39 of Orange County&#8217;s  most incredible gardens in full bloom, May 1st and May 2nd from 10:00am to 5:p00 pm Each of these gardeners has generously consented to share their passion for gardening with us and I urge you to attend as many of the gardens on the tour as you can. A bit [...]]]></description>
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