Goshen, NJ ~ CMBO Property ~ Butterflies

Juniper Hairstreak on dill

Juniper Hairstreak on dill

Juniper Hairstreak & Gray Hairstreak on mountain mint

Pearl Crescent on mountain mint

Gray Hairstreak, Common Buckeye and Juniper Hairstreak on mountain mint

Juniper Hairstreak on mountain mint

Juniper Hairstreak on mountain mint

Stone Harbor ~ Longtime Friends

Every year my friends come to the shore for vacation.  Linda and I were roommates when we first were out on our own working40+ years ago.  I was in Linda's and Bill's wedding and watched their children grow up.  Now, I am watching their grandchildren grow up  So much love between us all.

All the family

 Gid and Mimi with the grandchildren.

Beth's Patch ~ Dragonflies

Beth's Patch ~ Recent Butterflies

Red Admiral Butterfly

Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly laying eggs

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Painted Lady Butterfly

Mating Monarch Butterflies

Quilting

When our garden doesn't need attention, or it's too hot to be outside, I always can find some fabric in my stash for donation quilts. onto quilting the tops...

Beth's Patch ~ House Wren's

House Wren's just built a nest in this box.  Will there be babies?

Beth's Patch ~ American Copper Butterfly

New yard Species #52  ~ American Copper Butterfly ~ 2019 species #31

Quilts of Valor

Earlier in the month I made 4 tops for the veterans with Quilts of Valor. Here's one of the tops. Not always what I'd chose for fabric, the tops are made from kits that are put together ahead of the sewing days.  This is donation quilt #24 for 2019.

Beth's Patch ~ Moth Eggs in the Hackberry

I found this collection of eggs on the underside of a hackberry leaf.  I was hoping that they'd be either Tawny or Hackberry Emperor butterfly eggs.  I watched them daily and on the 5th day they turned grayish and by evening they had all hatched.  I think they were probably some type of moth but all of the eggs have disappeared.  I think they all all been eaten by something as there are nowhere to be found.

Beth's Patch ~ Lifecycle of the American Snout Butterfly

Four American Snout butterflies in the yard today

Of of the American Snout buterflies laying eggs on the hackberry tree.

American Snout eggs are all over the plant.  Here's a close-up of one of the eggs.

I found a AS caterpillar so eggs must have been laid last week also

Here's a more close-up of the AS caterpillar.  It's so tiny that even with my macro lens and extension tubes it's hard to get decent pictures.

Beth's Patch ~ Northern Broken-Dash Butterfly

New yard species #51 ~ Northern Broken-Dash ~ 2019 Species # 30

Beth's Patch ~ Variegated Fritillary Butterflies

Variegated Fritillary Butterflies

Jenny found several Variegated Fritillary caterpillars on pansies.  This compares a dime to the caterpillar.

Variegated Fritillary eating pansy blossom.

Beth's Patch ~ Daylilies

A few years after we moved here I planted some daylilies to fill in parts of the yard.  many are still going strong even after more than 20 -25 years.  Of course, other than the Stella Dora daylily I can't remember any of their names.