Category Archives: Ruby Red Grapefruit As I mentioned in a previous post, today was the best day so far this year in terms of Butterfly Watching in our backyard. We saw a Monarch (it never did land on our Milkweed), Gulf Fritillary, and a Giant Swallowtail. I also noticed that one of Monarch eggs had hatched, and another should hatch... 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...  For those of you who aren’t in Houston, you may not believe it but we actually had snow today! Yes snow! Almost 3-4 inches in some locations. Only about 1/4 inch stayed on the ground in our location. Because of the snow, we decided it would be a good time to pick all of our...  Another first! We’ve seen the Giant Swallowtail adults, we’ve seen the Caterpillars, but we never have been able to find any of the Chrysalises. This is a Giant Swallowtail Chrysalis that we found on our Ruby Red Grapefruit tree.  As I was looking back through this blog I noticed I had only posted 1 picture of the Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar so I figured it was time to post a couple more. Before I get to the pictures, let me share some history. In both my backyard and front yard I have seen the Giant... |
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