Well, I had to go pick willow for my little Viceroy and pick up my glasses - now with scratch free lenses! I noticed earlier that the area where I pick the willow has a lot of White Peacocks flying around so I took a look at what was growing. There was Frogfruit, which is a host plant. The willow is growing in a ditch with standing water so I thought there might be some Bacopa which is also a host plant. I saw a little bit that looked like it, but I'm not sure. It's been so long since I've seen any. There were also some (evil, invasive) Mexican Petunias, but White Peacocks eat things in the Ruellia genus so what can you do? Feed your caterpillar the native Carolina Petunia like I'm doing. Only the best for my caterpillars.
So here's some White Peacocks I saw.
I took these next two photos in succession, and while the first is clearer, the second is truer in actual color. White Peacocks have a lovely blue on them that often gets washed out by the sunlight. Also, it has another bug friend!
I spotted a Barred Sulphur in its white form. Seen quite a few of them this year.
Back home, it was time to release another Phaon Crescent.
I cleaned the Phaon Crescent tank which induced lots of sneezing. But here's a few caterpillars. There's actually four in there, but you can pretty much only see the two big ones.
I saw two Cloudless Sulphurs today but couldn't get pictures. One was flying all over my yard and I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was doing. I got bored chasing it when I saw this Zebra Longwing on my Mexican Flame Vine. That's my Senna in the background...and the invasive Skunk Vine sneaking up the left side.
This Cassius Blue was literally all up in my Jatropha.
Some of you might remember me complaining about Dad massacring (aka "trimming") some of my plants a couple of weeks ago. Well, the Firebush is already sprouting like crazy because that's what it does. But I did uncover something worthwhile. There's a volunteer Corkystem Passion Vine coming up. Looks like I'm going to need another trellis. Time to go shopping!
