Showing posts with label Spicebush Butterfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spicebush Butterfly. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Beth's Patch ~ Gardens

  A few pictures taken recently in the gardens.

Coral honeysuckle on side yard trellis in Mid-May


The snapdragons have been beautiful this year.  They overwintered from last summer.


This Black Swallowtail overwintered in the yard as a chrysalis and eclosed on 5/23.

Snapdragon close-up.

This year i bought some Dahlias to plant in the gardens

Another overwintering chrysalis in the yard was a spicebush swallowtail that eclosed on 5/25.

Found a Monarch caterpillar on Swamp milkweed on 6/1.  (the marks on the leaves are scars from me pulling the stems into a round support)



Finding the first of the year Spicebush swallowtail eggs on 6/8.

A close-up of a Spicebush Swallowtail egg on 6/8.



Monday, September 3, 2018

My Yard ~ Lifecycle of the Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly



First ever Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly eggs and caterpillar in the yard on the spicebush I planted 2 years ago.  It was an egg last night today is Day 1 - Caterpillar.
Day 3 - Caterpillar


Day 5 - Caterpillar

Day 8 - Caterpillar


 Day 13 - Caterpillar

 Day 15 - Caterpillar Turning into Chrysalis

Day 16 - Chrysalis

Day 17 - Chrysalis

And here's another going into a chrysalis.  So excited and hoping these will be born this year.



Saturday, July 30, 2016