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…
Butterfly And Wildlife Gardening And Photography
Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Category Archives: Eastern Black SwallowtailOur 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… This weekend I tried to do something a little different with my camera. I pulled out my Canon Macro Lens (EF 100mm f/2.8). I haven’t used this lens in quite a while so I had forgotten that it definitely takes a tripod to be able to get clear photographs with this lens. I spent alot… We’ve had a “fruitful” Memorial holiday weekend when it comes to Monarch Butterflies hatching. We had 1 Monarch Butterfly hatch on Friday, 3 on Saturday, 4 on Sunday, and 10 today (Monday). For those that are mathematically challenged, that’s 18 Butterflies. Of the 18, ten of those were males and eight were females. Tomorrow should…  In the previous post I mentioned how 8 of the 10 Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillars we have are in the Chrysalis stage. The strange thing that I never mentioned previously, as that we really haven’t seen too many Eastern Blacks yet this year, and we certainly didn’t notice anyone laying eggs. Until today that is! … Our Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillars are growing like weeds. Of the 10 or so that we currently have, 8 are now in the Chrysalis stage. This photo was taken yesterday (May 23) before they turned into Chrysalis  This is also a picture from last year, but since we currently have 11 Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillars that are just a day or so away from forming Chrysalis, I thought I would post this picture. This is a picture of an Eastern Black Swallowtail. They have only laid their eggs on our Fennel. What’s… Remember that picture I posted the other day of the Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillars? Now look how big they have become! We originally thought we just had 3, but we seem to find another 1 or 2 every day. Now we have a total of 9. These guys really like the Fennel. If I had…  Okay, so perhaps by now you’re getting sick of reading and seeing pictures of Monarchs. Well, good news! I not only have Monarchs, I also have Eastern Black Swallowtails. These are really beautiful Butterflies. The biggest problem I have with these Butterflies is that they are fairly difficult to distinguish from Pipevine Swallowtails. Below is… |
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