Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 47, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
ARGGGGHHH!!! American Snout?!!! Come to Texas...there are literally billions of them on the move. I really should have taken a photo of a vehicle grill or windshield :o) - oh well...too late now and I'm leaving for DC in the early morn.

Was at the ranch today and saw a male Pipevine Swallowtail in the distance flitting up and down and all around trying to mate with a female hanging on the waltheria indica. When I moved in for a closer look I saw she was in the grasp of a female Green Linx Spider. The male PVS's movements must have attracted the attention of another Green Linx Spider because you can see the second spider about an inch above the female Green Linx. Am thinking that other spider is a male one - because of his size and lean-ness.

Between him perhaps after the female spider and the male pipevine after the female pipevine...I tell you some males never know when to quit!!!

You can see both spiders in this photo and the male PVS almost out of the frame.

~ Cat

This message was edited Sep 20, 2008 8:38 PM