I thought I would put together some brief videos on how to create a successful Butterfly Garden for my last day of vacation. There are a total of 5 videos, each one is less than 2 minutes long. Watching these should give you a decent idea of how to start (or continue) a successful Butterfly...
Category Archives: Long Tailed Skippers It’s a shame that the Long Tailed Skipper is considered a pest. Sure, it has done a pretty good job of eating the beans in our garden, but until this picture I never realized what beautiful colors they have. This picture is straight out of the camera, only cropped and sharpened.  First up, a Long Tailed Skipper. They’re prettier than I thought. My first reaction was that the features and the hair weren’t as sharp as I was expecting. With minor sharpening I think it looks okay My reaction to the above shot is it again wasn’t quite as crisp as I was expecting, but I...  Or at least that’s what the head of this Long Tailed Skipper looks like to me. Last year, not knowing what kind of caterpillar these were, I admit to, uh, removing them from my Bean plants. This year, I allow them to munch on as many Bean leaves as they wish. However, I can also...  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... |
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