A few folks have inquired about what butterflies come to butterfly brew, scat and puddles - so here are some photos.
~ Cat
Giant Swallowtails having a go at the edge of our pond. We have cattle in this area so cow poo and minerals tend to leech into the soil.
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Blue-eyed Sailor and Sickle-winged Skippers on scat.
~ Cat
Leafwing, Rearkirt's Blues, Laviana Skippers, Ceraunus Blues, Common Checkered Skippers and can't remember what else on owl scat.
~ Cat
Blomfild's Beauty, Tropical Leafwing and Band-celled Sister on a tree stump baited with brew.
~ Cat
Thanks for the link! Much appreciated :-)
Butterflies have a sense of humor too. This is an old photo and a tad fuzzy...but it is of a Gray Cracker on a fence post that has been baited with brew. Gotta love the butterfly posing on this fence post with a National Wildlife Park sign!
~ Cat
ps...gotta head out to work now...will continue posting when I get home tonight :o)
Red Admiral
Sulphur and Leafwing on my bottle of butterfly brew :o) I usually carry a bottle in my golf cart when I'm puttering around the back pastures. These guys kept flitting around until I stopped.
Brown-Banded Skipper on cow poo
Tropical Buckeye on wet sand
Common Banner (Epiphile adrasta) on a mushed banana
Common Mestra on brew
Question Mark on grapes
Empress Leilia on a banana.
Gemmed Satyr on an orange slice
Even a Gulf Frit will mosey on in to see what the other butterflies are after. This is a rare occasion for a Gulf Fritillary - they are not know to come to fruit trays or bait.
Guatemalan Cracker at brew. Yummy stuff!!!
Hackberry Emperor, Tropical Leafwing and a Katydid on a piece of ruby red grapefruit.
Malachite on orange
Another photo of a Gulf Fritillary together with a Malachite on orange slices.
Mexican Bluewing and some Tawny Emperor's on a basket of fruit
Poodle heads aka Southern Dogfaces and Clouded Sulphur on wet sand after a rain.
Red Rim on a bait log with a mashed banana
Sickle-winged Skippers on cow poo
Tawny Emperors and a Red Admiral on a log brushed with butterfly brew
Texas Powdered Skipper on wet sand after a rain.
Tropical Leafwing at a bit of brew
White Patched Skippers, Brown-Banded Skipper and Sickle-winged Skippers on cow poo
White Patched Skipper on mud
Black Witch moth (female) on butterfly brew
That's it folks...add your own photos of butterflies puddling, on brew or scat etc.
~ Cat
Two Question Marks on butterfly bait.
Great shots Cat! Love the dogface with the in-flight shot of the trademark showing.
Cat, I just looked through these pics a third time and gotta say WOW. I almost fell over myself (literally, trying to take a picture) to have one GST venture into my yard, and there are three in your first picture!
Sheila, your pic above looks so cute- it's like the two bf's are at the "brew bar" just hanging out, "Hey, how was your day?" "Not bad, found a new buffet on the East side, some nice nectar going on over there, not to mention the ladies were looking good too!"
And on my finger. They let you get really close after they feed a while on the brew.
Yes sv, the brew has beer in it so your "role play" is right on! LOL!
And it is habit forming..... here they can't wait until i get it poured.
Hackberry Emperor on the brew too.
Cat has the advantage over a lot of us by living near the TX & Mexico border close to a Butterfly Park.
http://www.naba.org/nababp/Index.html
I will be planning a trip down there after retirement for sure to see all the beauties she sees everyday. Can you tell I have BF Envy!!!?
Yup, pretty green with envy here too!
Thanks for the neat pics!
Shiela,
This is the link for our NABA South Texas Chapter - here's where you can see ALL the butterflies we see here :o) Arrrooooooo!!! There is also a link for gardening which has an excellent pdf file of nectar plants and caterpillar host plants.
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/index.html
This is the direct link for our photographic checklist :o)
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/photoschecklist.html
~ Cat
ps...and if you're green with envy we also get about 7 or 8 butterflies that are green too :o) This is a Telea Hairstreak (not known to come to brew) but it had not been sighted in 70 years. This is from Falcon State Park's butterfly garden.
oh,,oh, oh,, I sooo enjoyed these pictures. I have put tangerines out (trying to also attract bluebirds) and they can just freeze and attract butterflies too.. come on warmer weather.. going to check out the Malachite.. I bet he just likes that Texas weather...LOL
Elaine
