Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
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Category Archives: Republic of Texas Orange Gardening in Winter is a non-event for many people, but for me, it means it’s the time of year when I get to harvest many of the fruits from my fruit trees. One of the fruit trees I have is a Republic of Texas Orange tree. I started picking some oranges in early January, and…  Yesterday when I was strolling around my yard with my Macro lens, I found these interesting things. I can’t think of a Butterfly that lays eggs like this, but I’m really not sure what they are. Does anyone have any idea what type of eggs these are?  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… 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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