Overboard by Chip Dunham for May 29, 2021

The butterfly rescue squad. On patrol.

Nate threatened to do research…on the guys teeth after he knocked them out…

Louie doesn’t look very happy either.

planting Milk weed for the Butterflies this year Yea

We get up, check Overboard and we are geared to face a day of the news. Thanks to Chip.

Yeah, I’d be researching why my head was so unbelievably pointy.

I don’t mind research since most of it is to find out ways to protect our bio-diversity. I do like that there are so many times we work our way through a problem and think we did it all without realizing how much a greater power has helped us.

Good job Nate and Louie!

Good morning Crew!

Glad I never met up with Nate and Louie when I was doing my field collecting!

Be sure to cut the tropical milkweed to the ground in the fall to avoid the protozoa it harbors that is harmful to the butterfly. I always cut the native one back too. Just in case.

https://monarchjointventure.org/images/uploads/documents/Oe_fact_sheet.pdf

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/01/plan-save-monarch-butterflies-backfires

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-popular-garden-plant-may-spread-monarch-parasite-180970257/

Nate saves the day yet again. I love this strip. Thanks, Chip!

Good evening, Crew!

Good for you, flutter-byes (known to some as butterflies). Where would we be in life without our heroes Nate and Louie?

Also, related to the net, at least they didn’t remain Tangled Up … In Blue!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uccexY1et8U

Good Evening, Crew.