Not bad, considering I haven't seen a living Queen butterfly so far this year! Sneaky mom! The Queen caterpillar I found on Texas Milkweed.
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Beautiful tiger, tarev! It seems to have missing tails, but butterflies can manage without them.
Okay, here's a Black Swallowtail I raised, now on a tree outside, waiting until it is ready to try flying. And a close-up of the Queen caterpillar, who will get plenty of fresh milkweed, since no other caterpillars have needed any this year (and I have lots of it):
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad
Well, today I saw this sulfur butterfly and a Texas Powdered Skipper:
And here's a Snowberry Clearwing Moth that emerged today in the container in which I raised it. I released it afterward...love how they fly...kind of hover-flying!
And then there's the Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillars that I brought home from a native plant nursery. First one is smaller and still has a bird-dropping form. The larger one has taken on a green appearance with eyespots. SO cute!
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad
Linda, beautiful Sulphur; such a pretty color! I've never seen a Snowberry Clearwing and that is one neat looking moth. Awesome shots of the caterpillars too ... they are so unusual and so cool looking!
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plantladylin said:Linda, beautiful Sulphur; such a pretty color! I've never seen a Snowberry Clearwing and that is one neat looking moth. Awesome shots of the caterpillars too ... they are so unusual and so cool looking!
Name: tarev San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b) Give PEACE a chance!
We were at the Filoli gardens yesterday and with their vast well maintained gardens, so many butterflies and bees around..hard to catch them on photo..managed to get one butterfly..I love its color
Got an ID for this butterfly..thanks so much Janet! ID is Chalcedon Checkerspot.
Walking in my flower bed I saw this one just laying there. It had obviously just expired. Who knows why... maybe it had plain lived out it's life. Anyway, it was so beautiful & of course there was no problem getting it to hold still for photos so I took the opportunity to snap pics of both sides of it.
Zebra Swallowtail
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Poor butterfly...but that's the cycle of life, I guess! Yes, a beautiful butterfly!
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad