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Oct 12, 2016 12:22 PM CST

Maryland (Zone 7b)
Passionate about Native Plants

Trio: Monarch, Queen, and Buckeye

Good comparison shot:

GrammaChar

| @GrammaChar | Post #1296555 (1)

Oct 12, 2016 1:37 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)

Char is winning at butterflies today!

| @mellielong | Post #1296595 (2)

Oct 12, 2016 3:04 PM CST

Maryland (Zone 7b)
Passionate about Native Plants

GrammaChar

| @GrammaChar | Post #1296651 (3)

nativeplantlover

Oct 12, 2016 7:19 PM CST

Name: Cheryl
Brownstown, Pennsylvania (Zone 6b)

Char and Mellie are keeping me going with me need to see BF photos fix!

It's kinda limited here now

I looked up the pretty pinkish and orange caterpillar of Christine's too. I want the green ones here! wah wah wah
Apparently they do live in my zone according to the Buguide photo. never seen one of them

After a little more searching online, I found they need Oak as the host plant. Check mark... there's already one big Pin Oak here, plus a medium one a few doors over, PLUS I planted two White oaks and a Swamp oak recently. Only the Swamp Oak is growing super-duper quickly, but the Whites are more for posterity than anything.

"My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird — equal seekers of sweetness. Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are my boots old? Is my coat torn? Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished." — Mary Oliver, from Messenger

| @nativeplantlover | Post #1296819 (4)

Oct 13, 2016 11:54 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)

The Caterpillar Lab in New England shared a Kickstarter campaign on Facebook. There's a man in the UK making scarves based on caterpillar patterns! Your donation gets you a scarf, or many scarves, based on how much you give. I don't wear scarves because it's hot as heck down here, but take a look at this super-inspired crafty man! I love when nature inspires people like this.

https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...

| @mellielong | Post #1297111 (5)

wildflowers

Oct 13, 2016 1:17 PM CST

Name: Christine
North East Texas (Zone 7b)
Shine Your Light!

I should know which one but I don't. Pipevine?

Cloudless Sulphur

May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb

| @wildflowers | Post #1297155 (6)

Oct 13, 2016 4:58 PM CST

Maryland (Zone 7b)
Passionate about Native Plants

Butterfly action:

The greenhouse caterpillars seem to be doing fine.

But this??? I have no clue....

Sometimes I have to remind myself that plants are meant to be eaten....
and I'm okay with that. Even when the process messes up a perfect bloom.

GrammaChar

| @GrammaChar | Post #1297242 (7)

Oct 13, 2016 5:42 PM CST

Name: Kurt
Woodbridge , Va (Zone 7a)
Jai guru deva om

might be a Painted Lady chrysalis

A pint can't hold a quart , If it is holding a pint it is doing the best that it can.
and it is written ,
if the evil spirit arms the tiger with claws , brahman provided wings for the dove.

| @krobra | Post #1297268 (8)

Oct 13, 2016 7:17 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)

Christine, yes that's a Pipevine.

Char, what is that chrysalis on? The shape reminds me of a Buckeye, but not the color. Very interesting...

| @mellielong | Post #1297344 (9)

Oct 13, 2016 7:28 PM CST

Name: Kurt
Woodbridge , Va (Zone 7a)
Jai guru deva om

same shape as a variegated fritillary too but wrong colors there too

pretty sure it is a Painted Lady

http://bugguide.net/node/view/...

A pint can't hold a quart , If it is holding a pint it is doing the best that it can.
and it is written ,
if the evil spirit arms the tiger with claws , brahman provided wings for the dove.

| @krobra | Post #1297356 (10)

Oct 13, 2016 7:37 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)

I get Painted Ladies and American Ladies so rarely. So tell us what it's on, Char! I'm trying to remember the last time I raised any. It wasn't this year, but maybe I had a few last year? It helps when the county doesn't mow down the cudweed.

| @mellielong | Post #1297362 (11)

Oct 13, 2016 7:45 PM CST

Name: Kurt
Woodbridge , Va (Zone 7a)
Jai guru deva om

this could be a good candidate too

http://butterfliesofamerica.co...

A pint can't hold a quart , If it is holding a pint it is doing the best that it can.
and it is written ,
if the evil spirit arms the tiger with claws , brahman provided wings for the dove.

| @krobra | Post #1297367 (12)

Oct 13, 2016 8:00 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)

I had thought about those, but I don't get them in Florida and I'm not too familiar with them. But wasn't it Christine who was posting all the pictures of the Bordered Patches on her Cowpen Daisies? Enlighten us, Texans!

| @mellielong | Post #1297379 (13)

Oct 13, 2016 8:28 PM CST

Maryland (Zone 7b)
Passionate about Native Plants

krobra said:this could be a good candidate too

http://butterfliesofamerica.co...

That's probably what it is because there are lots of Bordered Patch around. This was on a salvia, but that doesn't matter. The cowpen daisies are still hosting caterpillars so this one just wandered off.
Thanks for the identification!!!

GrammaChar

| @GrammaChar | Post #1297401 (14)

Gleni

Oct 13, 2016 9:20 PM CST

Name: Glen Ingram
Macleay Is, Qld, Australia (Zone 12a)
(Lee Reinke X Rose F Kennedy) X Unk

Today, I chased this butterfly with aged, aching limbs. Lovely thing.

Then I look at Christine's avatar.....is it in America too?

Meadow Argus Butterfly - Junonia villida

The problem is that when you are young your life it is ruined by your parents. When you are older it is ruined by your children.

| @Gleni | Post #1297426 (15)

Last edited by Gleni Oct 14, 2016 1:06 AM

Oct 13, 2016 10:56 PM CST

Name: Kurt
Woodbridge , Va (Zone 7a)
Jai guru deva om

Christine's is a Common Buckeye - Junonia coenia
the Meadow Argus looks like a close relative , but there are definitely some small differences.

A pint can't hold a quart , If it is holding a pint it is doing the best that it can.
and it is written ,
if the evil spirit arms the tiger with claws , brahman provided wings for the dove.

| @krobra | Post #1297463 (16)