We came from here:
The thread "December 2015 Butterflies, Moths & Larva" in
Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum
In Japanese culture, it's considered lucky if your first dream of the new year includes a hawk, an eggplant, and Mt. Fuji. Well, I dreamed of a Pawpaw tree covered in Zebra Swallowtail caterpillars and I consider that a good start.
I am briefly crawling out of my cocoon to start this new thread. No promises on when I will emerge for good.
Here's some pictures I took at Joshua House. The butterfly garden is really attracting the caterpillars. There are still lots of White Peacocks flying around, but I have yet to find what they are using as a host plant.
The Polydamas cats are getting bigger.
The Monarch cats destroyed the Milkweed.
But that's okay because I found several chrysalises!
Long-Tailed Skippers are still everywhere.
Managed to get a shot of this Cloudless Sulphur.
There are lots of Gulf Fritillary cats.
Mostly because they keep laying eggs. Check it out, in the first shot you can't see the egg, but in the second it has emerged!
Back home, I've been releasing Io Moths. So far, three females and two males. This is a female.
Now, I've seen hummingbirds nectar on my bromeliads, but never a butterfly - until now! This Long-Tailed Skipper was on my Aechmea gamosepala.
At MOSI, it's the usual suspects. I'm still finding Polydamas cats like this big fella who, incidentally, had hatched eggs underneath his legs.
And my Spotted Oleander Moths have started emerging from their cocoons.
