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Category Archives: Monarch

Butterfly Brawl

After the dreary, rainy day we had yesterday, it was a welcome sight to have nothing but sunshine and blue skies today.  The beautiful weather also brought out all the Butterflies. It also brought out the “territorialness” in all the male Butterflies.  Probably the most aggressive was this male Monarch pictured below.  He would rest…

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Monarch Caterpillars Feeding On Milkweed

We have quite a few Monarch Caterpillars right now.  We counted at least 20 of them today feeding on the Milkweed.  Fortunately, our Milkweed is looking pretty healthy and has lots of leaves so we should be able to feed them without any problems. The picture below was one of the larger Caterpillars we have…

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Male Monarch On Butterfly Bush

Another “critter” that took advantage of the brief bout of sunshine we had was this male Monarch.  He was obviously quite hungry as he only would land on this Butterfly Bush, and wasn’t the least bit concerned about patrolling for female Monarchs. I don’t know about you, but to me he sure has a lot…

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Trouble On Wisteria Lane

Well, not really.  I don’t even watch that show (Desperate Housewives).  The title has to do with this male Monarch that was establishing his territory today while looking for females and at the same time chasing off any other Butterfly that would happen to fly by. Both of these pictures are with the Monarch resting…

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Sheldon Reservoir Butterflies

I took a weekend trip to Sheldon Reservoir since it was fairly close to the house.  That place is pretty rustic compared to the parks I have been to previously.  I went there mainly to try my hand at shooting some birds, but ended up taking a few Butterfly photos as well. This first shot…

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Butterflies And Bees

Active day today for Butterflies and Honeybees.  They tend to fight on the Cigar Bush.  We also had two Eastern Black Swallowtails hatch and one Polydamas.  The Skippers were lively today as well.  Last but not least, there were a couple of young Monarchs flying around. My best shot I’ve ever taken of the Fiery…

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Houston Arboretum Revisited

Since Leecy went to the Susan G. Komen walk this morning, I decided I would take a field trip back to the Houston Arboretum.  As I mentioned before, I really like that place. Lots of Fritillaries were flying around, a few Monarchs, and several Skippers.  There was also a beautiful Hawk hunting mice, a family…

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