DAILY BUTTERFLY PICS Page 81

Like DS said this it was something on our bucket list. LOL!

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I had 3 monarchs make it to the chrsyalis stage. The first opened but the BF never emerged from the chrysalis. The second one eclosed today but the wings were very deformed. I have one more left. I am not very hopeful that it will be successful. I will not be trying monarchs again.

sounds like the OE! Since I discovered that you can see them on the caterpillar, i'm a bit more comfortable raising them

I am sure it was/is OE....I just feel I missed what I should have been looking for.

This one little single Duskywing among many many buckeyes and Silver Spotted Skippers, and other little skippers! The Sedum has just been covered in the late afternoon/early evenings!

Bright spot today...Giant Swallowtail!! :)

All of your AMAZING pictures make me wish I was at home watching my plants!! I had a couple of Spicebush Swallowtails on my Lantana this weekend.

Carla

I had a tiger swallowtail, female black form, posing today.

Sweet dark form Tiger!!! We don't get those down here.

Had a wee Lantana Hairstreak this past weekend. Uncommon for us. Considering they use lantana as a larval host and the ranch has hundreds of lantana plants growing wild you'd think we'd see more than just one Lantana Hairstreak. Go figure!

~ Cat

That dark form Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is so neat. So I went on a search, because, you know, I want one ;) I found this site
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/eastern_tiger_swallowtail.htm
Now I knew they used Prunus serotina (black cherry, wild cherry) as a host, but I didn't know they used Lindera benzoin (spicebush) too!

Loonie1, you're Spicebush Swallowtail in the photo is a dark form female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. They are somewhat larger than Spicebush, which would be a bit uncommon for Rowlett (although not impossible).

Dale Clark
Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society
www.dallasbutterflies.com

American Snout -

2 Summer Azure

Snout and Sooty

I want an american snout!!!!

nice everyone

Mrs_Ed - come to south Texas during the Great Snout Migration - you'll get millions!!!

Well besides the Monarchs. Julias and Gulf Fritillaries I'm noticing these guys here more and more. I know what it is but see if you guys can figure it out. If not I'll post later.

Ha Cat!!! i'd LOVE to come down for that!

Roly maybe a Cassius Blue? Cute.

You got it right Mrs_Ed. It is indeed a Cassius Blue and I was soo excited that I could get right on it's face with the camera. It's soo small and it didn't get spooked.

I have a feeling this isn't a butterfly, but a moth. Does anyone know what it is?

I also had a Pearl Crescent. A Monarch and something tiny and looking white, were out there, but didn't want to be photographed...lol...

Yah, it's a moth, no idea though.

I had 5 monarchs on the Tithonia yesterday. It was like this last fall too.

I had 1 lonely monarch on the sedum the other day...no pic.

Here is an "artsy" shot of the GST...LOL!

ha. nice

I couldn't get close, zoomed in as much as I could, cropping only made it blurry. It is what it is.

Pretty sure this is a fiery skipper, though I didn't get a good look at the under wings. Wish they would stay still for longer!!!

Glad you all are getting some action in your yards...

Dale...did you go to the nursery? I was down there and in Kerrville, I entered the address I have on Medina Hwy in my gps, but found nothing at that site and drove a mile or so more, never spotted it. Rain was coming down in buckets and I figured they might be closed too so I gave up....we needed to get on the road for home. It was dark before we got to her house and had to watch for deer along the way plus high water. Stressful drive home....glad I didn't find it and make us later.

Sheila: No, I postponed the trip until next week because of the weather. I thought of you navigating the Hill country during a tropical storm. Got over 5 inches of rain here at my place, which is considerably less than a lot of people in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Nothing like tornado sirens going off to raise the blood pressure. The plants certainly enjoyed the drink, but a few things did get blown over (tithonias being the biggest one). Sun is out today and things are flying again.

Dale Clark
Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society
www.dallasbutterflies.com

Here's what I found on my sedum about an hour ago. Cat ID'd some Silver Spotted Skippers for me on another thread where I talked about them being all over the place. There's plenty more than the SSS here.

Here's another view...it's so much fun to go out there and watch them. I sat there for probably 30 minutes. Of course, it helps that we had such a good break in the heat and it's beautiful right now as well!

Di

I finally got a better picture. I would have had a perfect picture of an Eastern Tailed Blue, but my puppy decided to come see what I was up to. The wings were open too. Then I had a Red Admiral, but as I was ready to snap the picture, it flew off.

there's 2 in this one.

quite the congregation of skippers there janaestone

mirror image

Cabbage White duo

go figure

oooo.....that last shot is cool! lol

This is a Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus) photographed late last month. The blue in it seems to match the blue in the buddleia.

Oh Di! They just keep on coming!!

Terry, is that an ironweed that the monarchs are on?

Yes, that's ironweed, blooming along with goldenrod. I have a few clumps here and there blooming. It blooms July thru Sept.

I didn't get it here, but this is what mine is
http://www.prairienursery.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_plant_info&cPath=64_2&products_id=280