We left off with a report of a Monarch in Texas. Yay.
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Meanwhile, if the butterflies can't come to you, go to the butterflies. I visited the nature museum in Chicago over the weekend and stopped in on the butterfly haven. It was so nice to see lots of fluttering about.
Dale, you might have to chime in with some IDs, because although they had a list of butterflies there, these were not on that list.
First up is the Brown Siproeta
Next is what looks like a longwing.
Let's call it Blue, Black and Yellow
A little orange, yellow and black cutie.
There were several species with similar colors. Black, white and Red.
Here is the most striking of them, in my opinion.
R-B-W #1
I think this is the same species, but I could be wrong.
R-B-W #2
Ooopsie, here is #2
Slightly out of focus, R-B-W #3
And R-B-W #4
Loved this one, though could not get a pix of it open.
Multi
Here are a couple just black and white, from what I could see.
B-W #1
B-W #2
Here's a red and black one.
I thought this might be some kind of Fritillary with the spotting.
This is an "Owl". They are HUGE and were in abundance.
They didn't open their wings much, but here you can sort of see what they look like.
Rice Paper butterfly. This was the only one I found.
I believe these are Richard's Morpho butterflies
And finally, I think this is the Richard's Morpho under wings.
That's it! I won't have anything more to post until some Mourning Cloaks or Commas/Question Marks show up.
How delightful a trip that's for you Marna. Thanks for sharing. :)
You're quite welcome LL! I have some pictures of Chrysalids to share too. Have to get those prepped.
Wow...very nice pics Marna!
Yah, now I'd like to see the chrysalids as promised. lol.
oh yah. I'll try to get on that tomorrow night. After gardening, ya' know!
Thanks Mrs. Ed. 1st Sulphur of the season from the other day.
I saw a Tiger Swallowtail yesterday and a Giant ST today. Almost got a great picture of a Silver-spotted Skipper but dog ran past and scared it off.
Nice shots of the tropicals Ms. Ed. We have most of those at the exhibit that I work at the Botanical Garden here. I will do try some identifcation on those you don't have already, but not tonight. Busy day and eyes are tired.
One thing the Richard's Morpho is a new one for me. The one we had was the Blue Morpho; mating pair shown here.
They are almost all blue on the inside. They are always the show stealers.
Those are beautiful Sheila!
Thxs..
This one is also one I haven't seen before...beauty!
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Isn't it? I'm dying to see what it looked like open.
I've got TAILS! Tiger-Swallowtail!
Even better yet a picture of it!!! Nice shot with the spring blooms.
Wow..already??? Pretty pic!
My shot of a Tiger ST....I finally have a host plant or two for them this year...hopeful.
Nice 'tails' ya'll,,,, what did you plant for them Sheila?
Going over to Callaway Gardens this weekend with girlfriends. Hope to see lots of butterflies!!
Elaine
Hop Ash (Ptelea trifoliata) and American Plum (Prunus americana), both small for now but hoping.
Had two BFs with ragged wings spending time on the new lantana and pincushion flowers yesterday, which is about all we have for them right now.
Photo #1 - GST
Photo #2 - Tiger Swallowtail.
But remember all of your Hercules Club trees along the fence line...those are host for the GST, and the TST uses certain Ash and Wild Plum, which I bet you have in the area. Way to go providing nectar for them too.
There are a lot of Wild Plum trees across the road. And, wouldn't you know, we now have a pretty little prickly ash/Hercules club that the birds "planted" almost underneath the wax myrtle shrub row! It is really thriving. But I sure would prefer to have one in the yard where we can observe it for eggs or caterpillars without having to crawl through the shrubbery. LOL. This year I'm going to collect the seed and put it in the bird feeders. Then maybe we could get lucky enough to have at least one or two that we discover before they get too large to transplant.
