Fleeting beauty

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A monarch butterfly rests on a pumpkin vine in the garden of the Riners on Long Ridge. ‘It is there because of the cool morning temperatures we have experienced recently,’ says Wayne Riner. ‘Monarchs are spotted in areas where milkweed is present. Typically monarchs live between two to six weeks, except for the last generation, which migrates south.’  WAYNE RINER PHOTO


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