Butterflies

Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Parsley

June 10, 2013

One of many on this parsley plant is this beautiful Black Swallowtail caterpillar. I’ve counted about 8 of them in various sizes munching away on last year’s Italian parsley plant that is going to seed. The black swallowtail butterflies are mostly black with yellow, white, blue and red spots near the base of their wings. [...]

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Gulf Fritillary Butterflies and Caterpillars

September 18, 2011

The passion flower vine is a favorite of Gulf Fritillary butterflies (Agraulis vanillae) and host plant for their young caterpillars. I captured these shots at Buchanan’s Native Plants nursery last week.

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Macro Monday: Butterfly and the Mexican Torch Flower

July 11, 2011

Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia) is now blooming and attracting butterflies. I planted these from seed. You can find them at Botanical Interests and Olivebarn.com. The plants are about 4-5 feet tall now (planted the seeds in March). Beautiful orange flowers, loves full sun and the heat too. Very easy to grow from seed. I noticed [...]

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Turn Macro Photography into Framed Artwork

March 18, 2011

Photography can make for some interesting artwork… especially when shot up close. The colors and patterns of macro photography can be very beauitful even if you don’t know what the subject is. Good enough to frame? I think so. Have a look.

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Macro Monday: Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle Photography

February 14, 2011

A collection of some of my favorite macro shots of my monarch butterfly. From early January 2011 until Saturday February 12, 2011 when he was released.

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Monarch Butterfly Update: Freedom Day

February 13, 2011

Freedom! While I’ve become attached to this little guy and would love for him to stay here, I decided to take him where he’d be free to roam through hundreds of blooming native flowers. Buchanan’s Native Plants is a local nursery that specializes in native plants. After the freeze, my neighborhood doesn’t have much blooming [...]

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Monarch Butterfly Emerges: See Video

February 10, 2011

After 6 weeks in it’s pupa stage and during a very cold January….this Monarch butterfly emerged today at 1:31pm. Fortunately, I had my video cam ready to film the big event.

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Change Today: Monarch Chrysalis Turns Black

February 10, 2011

Perhaps today will be the day this monarch emerges?

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Change Today: I See Orange!

February 9, 2011

Well two days ago, I wasn’t sure if this monarch was even alive, but today I noticed a big difference!!! Could it really be that this little butterfly will survive??? I am more encouraged by today’s photograph. Notice the orange and the detail in the wings? The color of the outer pupa is darkening and [...]

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