I slept until 3pm today and I'm still exhausted. I went out to pick caterpillar food and was chasing butterflies when Mom yelled that I had a call. I spent the next hour and a half on the phone trying to straighten out my doctor's office. They can't get a referral right if their life (or mine) depended on it. While I was outside, though, I did see a Gulf Fritillary on my Duranta (common name Golden Dewdrop). The hummingbird likes this plant, too, by the way.
I had cleaned the containers but hadn't picked any food when Mom called me inside. It wasn't until I went to help my brother get dinner ready that I saw my containers sitting by the trash can and realized I hadn't gotten around to feeding them! So back out I went, and lucky I did because I caught the Pipevine Swallowtail laying eggs!
And so I add to my egg collection. I'll have to go out there tomorrow to see if she laid more after I left.
As for those that have already hatched, here are the Pipevine cats that have hatched so far.
And the Red Admiral was in its usual curled-up pose. I took a picture with the regular lighting in the kitchen and then put him under the range so I could get a brighter light.
