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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>Come to a Caterpillar Convention&#8230; Caterpillar Phacelia (Phacelia circutaria)</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2010/06/caterpillar-phacelia-phacelia-cicutaria/</link>
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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>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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		<category><![CDATA[real gardens by real people]]></category>

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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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		<title>What Do Butterflies Eat?</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2010/01/eat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We often get asked, &#8220;What do butterflies eat?&#8221;. . . Butterflies eat (drink or sip) nectar through a straw-like mouth part called a proboscis  (pro-boss-kiss). Nectar is a sugar rich liquid produced by flowering plants like cosmos, verbena, zinnias, butterfly bush and yarrow.  There are thousands of flowers that butterflies can obtain nectar from. Along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>O&#8217; Cassia Tree, O&#8217; Cassia Tree&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2009/12/christmas-cassia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[O&#8217; Cassia Tree, O&#8217; Cassia Tree, how lovely are your branches&#8230; Where some female Sulphurs are concerned, the verse above should read, how lovely are your blossoms. The brilliant yellow buds found on a blooming Cassia plant, are number one on these gals&#8217; Christmas lists. Christmas Cassia (Cassia bicapsularis), a vigorous, evergreen winter bloomer, decorates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother Nature Goes Contemporary&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2009/09/mother-nature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Yellow and Winding Road Painted Lady on Hollyhock (Vanessa cardui on Alcea rosea) © Mother Nature, 2009 (Yellow Roads Abstract by Leaf Miner)]]></description>
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		<title>Giant Swallowtail Butterfly vs Citrus Leafminer Moths</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2009/09/citrus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Giant Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio cresphontes) lay their eggs on the tender young leaves of many types of citrus, including Orange, Lemon, Grapefruit and Kumquat. The Giant Swallowtail Caterpillars feeds on the leaves of the citrus tree until pupating and emerging as one of the North America&#8217;s largest butterflies. In the last several years the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milkweed &#8211; Ensuring the Survival of Monarchs</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2009/08/milkweed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Milkweed (Asclepias) is a natural wonder - the host plant for the monarch and the queen butterflies. Without milkweed, these butterflies would cease to exist. Milkweed is also an important nectar source for butterflies, bees and other nectar seeking insects. Milkweed gets its common name from the milky sap it secretes when you snap a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of The Endangered El Segundo Blue Butterfly</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2009/07/history-of-the-endangered-el-segundo-blue-butterfly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2009/07/history-of-the-endangered-el-segundo-blue-butterfly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1927, a plane piloted by Charles Lindbergh and humorist Will Rogers landed on a dirt runway east of the El Segundo dunes.  The site was eventually chosen as the Los Angeles International Airport. By the 1950&#8242;s a subdivision covered much of the El Segundo Blue habitat, right under the flight path of LAX airport. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recipe for Sunshine&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessionwithbutterflies.com/blog/2009/07/recipe-for-sunshine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wondered how to make sunshine? Mother Nature knows how! Below is &#8220;her&#8221; recipe for the Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly&#8230; Start with an itsy bitsy egg. Set it on the tenderest bud of a Cassia senna plant until it turns the color of sunshine. Then watch closely as the egg comes to life and a tiny [...]]]></description>
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