Monthly Archives: July 2009 To review, today, Friday July 31 2009, we had a total of 10 butterflies hatch today. Two Queens, 7 Polydamas, and 1 Gulf Fritillary. Since all the other hatchlings got their picture posted, it’s only fair that I post a picture of the Gulf Fritillary that hatched today as well.  I say triplets, but in reality we had 7 Polydamas hatch today, but 4 of them flew off as soon as I released them. The remaining 3 I placed on the new plant I bought from Joshua’s Native Plants (Hummingbird Bush). The first shot is of the “triplets.” Here’s a shot with the wings spread...  Today we had 2 Queen Butterflies hatch today. One was a male and one was a female. I didn’t particularly care for this shot, but Leecy thought it looked “creative.” Notice how the male Queen Butterfly has those 2 dark spots at the bottom of his wings, just like the Monarch?  As I was looking back through this blog I noticed I had only posted 1 picture of the Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar so I figured it was time to post a couple more. Before I get to the pictures, let me share some history. In both my backyard and front yard I have seen the Giant...  I’m getting better at this Birds in Flight thing, but not quite there just yet. However, even though some of these pictures have some weaknesses in the sharpness, eyes being covered, mystery orbs appearing etc, I still find them kinda fascinating to look at. Leecy thought this first photo looked like the Dove’s wings were... |
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