Image: “Water Strider and Polliwogs,” by Alice B. Clagett, 13 June 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

• INTRODUCTION
• VIDEO BY ALICE
• VIDEO CREDITS

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

Here is a little spring pond in the mountains with polliwogs, a water strider, and a water boatman or backswimmer in it. Nearby are cabbage butterflies dancing and creek monkey flowers blooming.

There is a Summary after the video …

VIDEO BY ALICE

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

Polliwogs, Water Strider, Water Boatman, and Cabbage Butterflies
By Alice B. Clagett

Hello, Dear Ones. It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.

It is June and there’s still water in this pool, and Polliwogs.  [shows Polliwogs]

Caption: Do you hear the faint Raven call?

[Shows Water Strider]

Caption: Water Striders: These predators help Humans by eating Mosquito larvae.

[Shows Water Boatman or ‘Backswimmer’]

Caption: Water Boatman aka Backswimmer: These fierce predators have a painful bite.

[Shows Cabbage Butterfly] Alice to Readers: And a Cabbage Butterfly too.

Caption: Cabbage White Butterfly aka Pieris rapae … and a pink Thistle.

Alice to Readers: That’s a Thistle.

Songbird to Alice: Yes, It is a Thistle.

Caption: Creek Monkey Flower aka Seep Monkey Flower or Erythranthe Guttata

Alice to Readers: This is a special kind of Monkey Flower that only grows around creeks and water. That’s right rare because there are not many creeks around.

[Shows two Cabbage White Butterflies dancing in the air]

Caption: Butterfly mating dance

Alice to Readers: Oh, my. A mating dance … Most likely a courtship ritual with transfer of the spermatophore in midflight.

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and you are too!

Filmed on 13 June 2024 and published on 19 June 2024; transcribed and youtube transcription edited on 21 January 2026

MORE INFORMATION

Here is the entire Checkered White Butterfly Series filmed on 8 October 2019:

The video from that day is here … Link: “Checkered White Butterfly Courtship . with the Music of Chris Zabriskie,” compiled by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 8 October 2019; published on 3 November 2019 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-eR6 ..

There is a normal set of photos from that day … Link: “Checkered White Butterfly Courtship 1,” photos by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 8 October 2019; published on 3 November 2019 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-eRa ..

Then there is an abstract set of photos from that day … Link: “Checkered White Butterfly Courtship 2,” abstract photos by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 8 October 2019; published on 3 November 2019 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-eS5 ..

VIDEO CREDITS

“Polliwogs, Water Strider, Water Boatman, and Cabbage Butterflies”
by Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 13 June 2024 and produced on 19 June 2024
Location: Santa Monica Mountains, CA

CC BY-SA 4.0 International

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