Category Archives: Passion Vine This guy looks pretty threatening to me. It’s some type of Ant (obviously), but I’m not sure what kind. He was just sitting on one of the Passionvine stems, like waiting to ambush something that would happen to come by. Notice the little hairs on it’s head?  I saw 3 of these yesterday. That’s more than I’ve ever seen in the backyard. Two of them would chase each other, while the other just laid eggs. This might be one of the better pictures I’ve taken of a Variegated as she rested on a rock right in front of me.  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...  This is a first. We’ve had tons of Gulf Fritillaries in previous years, but never have we seen a Variegated Fritillary in our backyard, and certainly not one that was laying eggs. Hopefully she laid quite a few eggs as I would really love to see these Caterpillars mature so I can get some pictures...  I really love the flowers on the Passionvine (or is it Passion Vine?). Our single Passionvine is growing all over the place behind the pool and is just now starting to bloom. It’s also starting to attract the Fritillaries. I’m not sure if you can see it from this post, but on one of the... |
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