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Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly has been hanging around in the gardens lately.
I always know it is her because of her torn and tethered wing.
I can relate to her...
my wings feel a little torn and tethered too!
Here is another female, hanging out on the purple butterfly bush.
If you have ever wondered,
a butterfly bush works really well in attracting butterflies of all kinds.
Here is a picture of my Black Swallowtail Caterpillars, right after cleaning the cage.
I have 32 in total in this cage, 13 are in this picture.
The rest are crawling around on the sides and top of the cage.
They usually come down when they see or smell the fresh dill I have added!
When they eat the dill, they pull it up and toward them.
This is my new crop of dill...
it already has eggs on it.
One in the top picture, two in the bottom.
The eggs are very small, round and white.
18 comments:
Your butterfly lessons are perfect Debbie. I look forward to them.
I hope you are feeling a bit better as the week has progressed. Thinking of you...
Debbie, I do not know what is happening around here, but we have seen many butterflies and lots of bird activity. I am sending you a big hug, because of your feelings of being a little ragged lately. I always love to see your butterflies. That dill is looking very good. Blessings to you and yours, xoxo, Susie
Hello, Debbie
I like the darker colors of your butterfly bushes. Mine is a very light lavender. You are such a good mama to the caterpillars and butterflies. The eggs are tiny! Pretty butterfly and the caterpillars are cute. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care and enjoy your day, wishing you a happy weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.
Somewhere along the line you and I keep missing each others blog...haha....that's me, scattered all around. Beautiful pics.
Your photos are gorgeous! I can relate to feeling a little torn and tethered too. Have a great weekend :)
The caterpillars are incredible! I grow dill to eat but have never had such a visitor that I know of!
It's so interesting to see it with that dill! Yum yum good! Thanks for sharing some of what you know about this fascinating subject! We ALL love butterflies! Hugs....extra hugs, Diane
Your butterfly nursery is so fun to watch.
I love butterflies and your photographs are fantastic! What amazing marks on the caterpillars too!
i love it. what fun. hope your summer is going well. miss ya. take care. ( ;
What pretty pretty pictures! I feel so sorry for the swallowtail...her poor wing!! --but there she is ...flying, feeding, TRYING. Wow, those caterpillars have such vivid and pretty COLORS! They sure do love that dill don't they?
Hi Debbie :) I love that you are raising caterpillars, and it's so cool to see how they eat! That's a first for me!! The photos are beautiful, great closeups. Oh my wings are a little tethered lately too! :)
Such a wonderful and delightful process!
You do so much good raising your “babies.” Very interesting watching how the caterpillars eat ...thank you for showing that. They sure like the dill.
She is a beauty even with her tattered wings, wow that is a great amount of the dill, sure it will go quickly with all those youngins you have coming!
Very nice! Those are beautiful butterflies! You still have a lot of kids to raise!
Amazing Butterfly and Caterpillar photos. I love following your nurturing of them all. I know what it feels like to be tattered a bit too.
The dill looks wonderful. I do love your process.
Sending loving thoughts and hugs!
Even with her tattered wings, she looks so lovely.
Great series of photographs.
All the best Jan
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