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Aug 6: flowers and butterflies in the garden

August 6, 2022Posted in summerTagged butterfly gardening, flowers, gardening, photography, swallowtail1 Comment

Aug 17: monarch, swallowtail, and echinacea

August 17, 2020February 28, 2021Posted in summerTagged butterflies, butterfly gardening, monarch, swallowtailLeave a comment

Swallowtail on butterfly bush

Monarch on butterfly bush

Back reading chair with morning coffee

Echinacea, scabiosa, and sedum

Aug 9: swallowtails and flower beds

August 9, 2020February 28, 2021Posted in summerTagged swallowtailLeave a comment

Front flower beds

Echinacea and sedum

Swallowtail on echinacea

Tiger swallowtail on butterfly bush

July 25: Swallowtails

July 25, 2020January 30, 2021Posted in summerTagged swallowtailLeave a comment

This might be a pipevine swallowtail, but I’m not certain. Nectaring on buddleia (butterfly bush)

This might be the same butterfly as above, as in, the same individual

This one’s markings and shape are different from the other two; I don’t know what kind it is. It’s drinking from echinacea.

Sep 2: caterpillars

September 2, 2019October 27, 2019Posted in summerTagged butterfly gardening, caterpillars, monarch, swallowtailLeave a comment

I’m finding caterpillars regularly.

swallowtail_2149 — Swallowtail caterpillar

monarch caterpillar on front milkweed_2138 — Monarch caterpillar on swamp milkweed

swallowtail caterpillar on spicebush_2145 — Spicebush swallowtail caterpillar on spicebush

swallowtail on rue_2150 — Swallowtail caterpillar on rue

July 29: Giant Swallowtail

July 29, 2019August 18, 2019Posted in summerTagged butterfly, swallowtail, zinniasLeave a comment

July 29: Giant Swallowtail

july 29 tiger swallowtail_1872 — Giant Swallowtail on zinnia

July 26: Female Tiger Swallowtail

July 26, 2019July 28, 2019Posted in summerTagged butterfly, butterfly gardening, swallowtailLeave a comment

July 26: Female Tiger Swallowtail

July 26 swallowtail — Dark form female Tiger Swallowtail

July 19: Eastern Black Swallowtail

July 19, 2019July 28, 2019Posted in summerTagged butterfly, butterfly gardening, swallowtailLeave a comment

July 19: Eastern Black Swallowtail

July 19 eastern black swallowtail — Eastern Black Swallowtail on Zinnia

July 15: Sunflower and Swallowtail

July 15, 2019July 28, 2019Posted in summerTagged butterfly, butterfly gardening, sunflowers, swallowtailLeave a comment

July 15: Sunflower and Swallowtail

July 15 sunflower — I was away in Portland and came home to this sunflower 😍

July 15 swallowtail — Tiger swallowtail

June 25: Red-spotted Purple Swallowtail

June 25, 2019July 6, 2019Posted in summerTagged butterfly, butterfly gardening, swallowtailLeave a comment

June 25: Red-spotted Purple Swallowtail

June 25 swallowtail — Red-spotted Purple Swallowtail on Miss Ruby Butterfly Bush

June 17: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar (early instar)

June 17, 2019July 6, 2019Posted in springTagged butterfly gardening, caterpillars, spicebush, swallowtailLeave a comment

June 17: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar (early instar)

June 17 spicebush swallowtail caterpillar — Spicebush swallowtail caterpillar before it rolls itself into one of the leaves to hide and change to the next phase (green with yellow and black eyespots)