Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 19, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
It's still pretty quiet here in FL, but it was really windy today so I imagine it was hard for the bfs to fly around. I went hiking and saw some Palamedes, Monarch, some sulphurs, and of course the Zebra Swallowtails. I also saw a Zebra Longwing flying around the house and Dad reported a Pipevine ST (he's been trimming the palm trees all weekend). I think maybe we're between generations right now. I didn't see as many adult bfs, but I did see a lot more cats than usual.

And in a competely unrelated story, I brought home some Zebra ST cats today. There are two babies, two that are probably 2nd instar, and two that are almost full size. In fact, one of them molted soon after I put him in the critter keeper. I was trying to figure out why he was jerking his body, and then I thought I saw his head (that had molted) on the ground, but I wasn't sure until he moved away. Here you can see where he molted. There is one eating behind the leaf and the other one is climbing up the side.