Category Archives: Eastern Black Swallowtail Holy Cow! Today there were Butterflies everywhere in the backyard. We had a Monarch, Question Mark, Variegated Fritillary, Giant Swallowtail, Grey Hairstreak, Eastern Black Swallowtail, some type of Crescent Butterfly, and a Pipevine Swallowtail. I got a few pictures, but I missed several and several others weren’t that good as I got over-excited. The plants...  I guess this Milkweed must really have a lot of nectar in the flowers. This is an Eastern Black Swallowtail sipping nectar on the Milkweed. For the past 3 years, the Eastern Black Swallowtail’s have always laid their eggs on our Fennel. So far this year, we’ve seen a few of the Black Swallowtail, but...  In addition to the female Monarch who was getting nectar from the Milkweed, an Eastern Black Swallowtail also stopped by to grab some nectar.  I can’t believe these Eastern Black Swallowtail Chrysalises are still alive. It’s been nearly 7 months, but we had another Eastern Black Swallowtail hatch today. We took the Butterfly outside to warm up in the sun, but the sun never appeared. Once it became clear it was going to rain, we brought the Butterfly back...  I thought I’d provide a little backyard Butterfly update. We haven’t seen any Monarch Butterflies, but we do have 9 Caterpillars from the one Monarch from Mexico. To give the Caterpillars the best chance of success, I have quarantined them in our Butterfly Enclosure. I did this to protect the Caterpillars from predatory wasps and... |
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