Beth's Patch ~ Eastern Tailed-Blue

Beth's Patch ~ Rabbits

This year we are being overrun with rabbits. They are eating so much of the garden - all the Zinnia's. my numerous Smooth Aster plants, all of our coneflowers and even the milkweed.  I haven't seen anything like this since the gardens were started.  Thank God, they don't eat the lantana.  Next year it's no zinnias and all lantana for us.

Beth's Patch ~ Sunset over the Delaware Bay

Beth's Patch ~ Female Cloudless Sulphur

On 6/3 when there was hardly anything even growing the Cloudless Sulphur stopped by - not on;y our first of the season but laying eggs on the Partridge Pea which was barely 4" tall.  Round and round the garden she flew laying eggs on every plant she could find.  Then I watched the eggs until after the hatched and the caterpillars were starting to eat their fill.

Laying eggs

There's one of her eggs.

The egg hatched several days ago and the caterpillar is looking healthy on 6/12/20.

Beth's Patch ~ Aaron's Skipper

First of Year ~ Aaron's Skipper

Beth's Patch ~ Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars

The Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly has been around laying eggs on her bush for a few weeks.  Today I was out there and check for caterpillars.  These are some of the ones I found.  There were probably

about a dozen caterpillars in all.