Twelve Days of Christmas...Butterfly Style

Edinburg, TX

Twelve Days of Christmas...Butterfly Style

On the first day of Christmas, 
The North Wind sent to me 
A Monarch ovipositing. 

On the second day of Christmas, 
The North Wind sent to me 
Two Checkered White, 
And a Monarch ovipositing.

On the third day of Christmas, 
The North Wind sent to me 
Three Fritillaries,
Two Checkered White, 
And a Monarch ovipositing.

On the fourth day of Christmas, 
The North Wind sent to me
Four Ceraunus Blues,
Three Fritillaries,
Two Checkered White, 
And a Monarch ovipositing.

On the fifth day of Christmas, 
The North Wind sent to me
Five Question Marks,
Four Ceraunus Blues,
Three Fritillaries,
Two Checkered White, 
And a Monarch ovipositing.

On the sixth day of Christmas, 
The North Wind sent to me 
Six Swallowtails,
Five Question Marks,
Four Ceraunus Blues,
Three Fritillaries,
Two Checkered White, 
And a Monarch ovipositing.

On the seventh day of Christmas, 
The North Wind sent to me
Seven Southern Dogface,
Six Swallowtails,
Five Question Marks,
Four Ceraunus Blues,
Three Fritillaries,
Two Checkered White, 
And a Monarch ovipositing.

On the eighth day of Christmas, 
The North Wind sent to me
Eight Common Buckeye,
Seven Southern Dogface,
Six Swallowtails,
Five Question Marks,
Four Ceraunus Blues,
Three Fritillaries,
Two Checkered White, 
And a Monarch ovipositing.

On the ninth day of Christmas, 
The North Wind sent to me
Nine Painted Ladies,
Eight Common Buckeye,
Seven Southern Dogface,
Six Swallowtails,
Five Question Marks,
Four Ceraunus Blues,
Three Fritillaries,
Two Checkered White, 
And a Monarch ovipositing.

On the tenth day of Christmas, 
The North Wind sent to me 
Ten Cloudless Sulphur,
Nine Painted Ladies,
Eight Common Buckeye,
Seven Southern Dogface,
Six Swallowtails,
Five Question Marks,
Four Ceraunus Blues,
Three Fritillaries,
Two Checkered White, 
And a Monarch ovipositing.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, 
The North Wind sent to me, 
Eleven Palamedes,
Ten Cloudless Sulphur,
Nine Painted Ladies,
Eight Common Buckeye,
Seven Southern Dogface,
Six Swallowtails,
Five Question Marks,
Four Ceraunus Blues,
Three Fritillaries,
Two Checkered White, 
And a Monarch ovipositing.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, 
The North Wind sent to me
Twelve Western Pygmy, 
Eleven Palamedes,
Ten Cloudless Sulphur,
Nine Painted Ladies,
Eight Common Buckeye,
Seven Southern Dogface,
Six Swallowtails,
Five Question Marks,
Four Ceraunus Blues,
Three Fritillaries,
Two Checkered White, 
And a Monarch ovipositing!

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Cincinnati (Anderson, OH(Zone 6a)



Very, very cute TPP! Makes me wish we were going down your way for the Christmas season!

(I had to look up 'oviposting' LOL!)

Seale, AL(Zone 8b)

What a sweet treat to read with my coffee this morning. : ) Very cute and clever of you. LOL now everytime I hear the 12 Days of Christmas, I gonna wanna sing your song.

Oh, and a Merry Christmas to you too!!!!

Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b)

oh how cute Cat

The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b)

Very catchy and creative TPP!

(Becky) in Sebastian, FL(Zone 10a)

Very appropriate for all of us butterfly lovers! Love it! :-)

Merry Christmas to ALL!

Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a)

Very very funny Cat!! Merry Christmas to you and everyone else too!!
I suppose I could make up one about the South wind next Spring...lol. Hope to be ready with blooms to feed them all! We will take good care of them up here as they head farther north.

Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a)

How many times as you typed that did you have to sing it??? LOL!! I would have gotten so confused!! Good job, so cute!!

Edinburg, TX

Funny Sheila...way too many and I lost count after a couple of verses!!!

~ Cat
ps...my local NABA chapter put it on their website too :o)

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Burleson, TX(Zone 8a)

That's a very nice wish list! What kind of egg is that? (And was Tdogmom looking for it? I know she knows how to find them!)

St Augustine, FL(Zone 9a)

That is great!

Edinburg, TX

That's a monarch egg...and Tdogmom doesn't necessarily look for them...they just seem to find her at the oddest of times and in the cold of winter :o)

~ Cat

Burleson, TX(Zone 8a)

They aren't stupid are they?! They know how to find the right place at the right time! She's in that West coast over-wintering area too, right? Seems like beckygardner is in an area like that too.

Speaking of migrating, how much of it do you see in your area? Do the Monarchs come past you? (sorry if I've already asked this! lol)

Edinburg, TX

We don't see mass migrations...as in gobs of monarchs flying over head. We see a few handfuls around though. Am sure the monarchs cross through here to get to their nesting ground in Mexico but I just never notice large amounts of them.

We do see mass migrations of Snouts and Sulphurs though...gobs and gobs of those for miles and miles.

~ Cat

Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a)

What a sight that must be Cat!! I would settle for a blurry picture of that..:-)

Sounds magnificent!

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