I was beginning to wonder if the last caccoon from last fall was ever going to produce a Black Swallowtail butterfly. I had hung the top of the butterfly cage on the back porch, hoping for the best. The

Isn't it a beauty? This is the first one to hatch from this summer's caterpillars that I found on the fennel and parsley. Here he is sitting on the fennel while I clean his butterfly cage. I changed out

Magandang buhay! It's a hump day down here in DD, and still raining. Oh well, I have decided to learn to love the season because it is not going away anytime soon. It's odd because I used to like it in

On my holiday in greece I was able to take some pictures of this beautiful butterfly. The Old World Swallowtail butterfly is not that exoctic and also lives here in Austria but it was one of the few colorful

A dream come true, as it is happening right here in the lemon tree at home. Don't forget to watch the short video also in here. We have never seen this process before, but I have always wanted to see the

When I was on a holiday in Greece in June I could take several nice pictures of the landscape there but there where also some birds and insects that kept my attention. They were feeding on some flowers

It was quite windy the other day, but I went to do my daily rounds in the woods anyway. Like I always do regardless of weather. On my latest walk, my attention was attracted by a small ground of the Scarce

Otakárci jsou jsou efektní motýli. V Česku jsou známí hlavně dva - otakárek fenyklový a otakárek ovocný. Ten první je podle mě pěknější, ten druhý je zase vzácnější. Vzácný - nevzácný, přiletěl k nám na

Today I discovered this little guy in the garden on my flowering parsley plant. Here in Northern California along the creeks there are Anise plants everywhere, so I am almost certain this is an Anise

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This morning i drew swallowtails on summer lilac and then i went out and see them on lavender. Syncronicity? I think so, this happens to me very often :) Of course, i took some photos with my Samsung

This year I will plant more parsley to share with these cool caterpillars. I think they turn into swallowtail butterflies.

Tiger swallowtail

We've had several zebra swallowtail in the garden this year.