Okay, I'm super tired so I'm going to make this quick. Dad mulched the butterfly garden today so I had to supervise. Here's some pictures I caught while I was out and about.
Finally got that Giant ST! It's missing part of its lower wing.
Fiery Skipper, Whirlabout? At least I got a good photo. Maybe I'll try guessing and send it to BAMONA. Also, this thing loves the Tampa Vervain and the Pentas. Kept coming back for more. But here it was basking on the porterweed for a sec.
Speaking of Tampa Vervain...pretty sure this is a Clouded Skipper. Hadn't seen one in a long time and then BAMONA identified one for me last week and I was like, "Duh!"
So Mom and I were chilling in our lawn chairs supervising Dad when I took off running (sort of) while yelling, "Tiger!" No, I was not being chased by a giant jungle cat. It was the first sighting of a Tiger Swallowtail! Pretty sure this is a male so no hope of eggs. Females have way more blue scaling. The picture where it's right in my face was because I had the zoom all the way in and then it flew right in front of me.
Also, I guess Dad's Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, all the days of our lives plant is a pretty good attractor. I suppose I'll keep it.
Gulf Frit on the plumbago. It laid an egg on the Passiflora 'Lavender Lady' but I didn't get a picture of that.
I thought they hadn't found the Corkystem Passion Vine yet, but then I saw some chewing and found this little Frit cat. They stay outside because Gulf Frits don't do well in captivity. They tend to get this disease they spread and it gets gross.
That's all for today. Mom and I are going to sit in a cool, dark room tomorrow and try to pretend fairy tales are real. (We're going to see "Cinderella".)
