Category Archives: Cloudless Sulphur This is a first for us. We’ve had this Cloudless Sulphur Chrsyalis for a few weeks now. On Thursday (Thanksgiving) I noticed that the Chrsyalis had turned a bright yellow, and you could see the stripes of the soon to emerge Butterfly. What I didn’t expect is that the Butterfly would emerge in the late...  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...  Since they Cassia tree is really starting to bloom with bright yellow flowers, it seems to be attracting more of the Cloudless Sulphurs. I have always struggled to get a decent picture of these Butterflies as their light color combined with their erratic flight makes it challenging. Another thing I noticed, at least today, is... WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT I really feel dumb. Every post I did on the Sulphur Butterflies we have in our backyard I have called them “Clouded” Sulphurs, not “Cloudless” Sulphurs. In the future, if anyone notices I post something that isn’t true or I’m being a knucklehead, please correct me. I...  Okay, I’m a knucklehead. I’ve been saying Clouded Sulphur when I should have been saying Cloudless Sulphur. No wonder I couldn’t find anything when I searched Google. I’ll fix all my posts. Sorry if I mislead anyone. A few days ago I wrote a post about this yellow Caterpillar that I had seen on our... |
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