Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES #103, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Wasn't feeling very good today (didn't sleep well) but I took a few pictures at the museum for you all to enjoy. First is a Polydamas ST hiding in these new orange flowers that I'm not sure what they are. Then, a Giant Swallowtail - we have a lot of these flying around right now. Next up is a Monarch. And finally, an Eastern Black Swallowtail.

I took my hundred or so Polydamas cats into the museum but I kept a few to raise here at home. I just don't have enough pipevine to raise as many as she laid! Lots of Polydamas flying in the gardens of the museum today - I found a bunch of caterpillars too, when I was cutting food for them. Also rounded up a bunch of monarch cats on some milkweed that my manager just purchased. All in all, we've got a pretty good diversity down here in Florida.

Melanie