Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Monthly Archives: June 2009 I think I may have identified one of the mystery Butterflies in the post below. I’m referring to the Butterfly that I said resembled a Swallowtail but didn’t have the “tails” of a Swallowtail. I don’t want to give away what type of Butterfly I think this may be quite yet because I’m interested in… I have a confession. I think some of my photographs are good, not great, but not bad either. I’m sure from a technical standpoint (color, composition, etc) very few of them are really fantastic. Further, to be honest, I think my camera and lenses do most of the work in making my pictures look decent,… We’ve had 3 Eastern Black Swallowtails hatch this weekend! These are really beautiful Butterflies. Here’s what’s interesting. The three Butterflies that have hatched have all been the “green” Chrysalis type, not the “brown” Chrysalis type. I can’t recall if I mentioned it before, but there’s some mystery or disagreement about why Eastern Black Swallowtails have…  If you’ve been reading, you know I have lots of books on Butterflies but sometimes books don’t provide all the answers. Look at the next three pictures and see if you can identify what type of Butterfly these might be as I have no idea. First up, some type of Butterfly on our Fennel. Here’s… I haven’t seen too many Painted Lady Butterflies in our backyard, but that is starting to change. The last two days there have been American Painted Lady Butterflies landing on our Coneflowers. This particular Butterfly is an American Painted Lady Butterfly. They are NOT easy to photograph. Compared to the casual flying Monarch, these suckers… Our animals endure a lot in our home. The dogs have to deal with the cats, the bird has to deal with the dogs, and one (of two) of the cats has to endure being tormented by newly hatched Butterflies. This is Chloe, our mixed breed cat. Someone (I won’t name names) likes to torment… Took Coco to the vet on Friday and had a nice $701.00 vet bill. That’s the bad news. The good news is that her x-rays looked really good and internally she looks the best she ever has (since beginning treatment anyway). Should find out her blood work turned out in about a week and if… Something a little different. Here is Coco, our African Grey Parrot. We have been treating her for aspergillosis during the past 9 months. For those that don’t know the story, shortly after Hurricane Ike came roaring through I noticed that Coco was acting pretty lethargic and she was hardly talking at all (this for a… Due to popular requests, here is a picture of my “weapon of mass destruction” that I use to squash the bugs that I don’t particularly care for. |
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