Viewing post #872043 by plantladylin

I sure wish I had the brain for retaining all that I've learned over the years ... unfortunately the older I get, the faster things seem to disappear from my memory bank. I can ask a question and a few days later I'm asking the same question again. I must admit though, a lot of my problem is my short attention span due to not paying enough attention.

On the subject of how difficult a butterfly has it during it's life span; I went back through the photos on my computer and it seems that in 2010 and 2013 I was seeing a lot of damaged butterflies with chewed wings from predators. I know some birds will eat butterflies but I've watched little lizards stalking them at times too in hopes of an easy meal. I always try to catch the lizard and move it elsewhere in the yard or shoo it away and sometimes the b'fly takes off too but it makes me feel better that at least the butterfly had a bit longer to live.

Gulf Fritillary


Red-banded Hairstreak ........................ Sulphur ............................................... White Peacock


Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (I think) ..... Spicebush Swallowtail (I think) .......... Zebra Longwing