Butterfly And Wildlife Gardening And Photography» Basil http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:17:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Monarch Number Two Has Been Tagged http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2010/10/03/monarch-number-two-has-been-tagged/ http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2010/10/03/monarch-number-two-has-been-tagged/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:13:28 +0000 texdr http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/?p=5542 Had a new Female Monarch visit today.  Like the first one, she was pretty beat up, but healthy enough to lay some eggs before moving on.

She was tagged with NGC 401.

Tagged Monarch Number Two

After we tagged and released her, she flew over to the Basil for a quick re-assessment of what she came by for.

Tagged Monarch Number Two On Basil

After that, she flew over towards the Bamboo and took another brief rest.

Tagged Monarch Number Two On Bamboo

After that, she flew down to the Milkweed and started laying eggs.  She did that for about an hour then flew off.  I never did see her after that.

]]> http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2010/10/03/monarch-number-two-has-been-tagged/feed/ 0 Basil Is Great For Cooking And… http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2009/05/20/basil-is-great-for-cooking-and/ http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2009/05/20/basil-is-great-for-cooking-and/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 02:50:09 +0000 texdr http://texdr.wordpress.com/?p=231 This is also a picture from last year, but since we currently have 11 Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillars that are just a day or so away from forming Chrysalis, I thought I would post this picture.  This is a picture of an Eastern Black Swallowtail.  They have only laid their eggs on our Fennel.  What’s kinda interesting about this Butterfly is that it is sipping nectar from one of our Basil plants.

Eastern Black Swallowtail on Basil

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