Tag: butterfly eggs
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Eggs in the Yard
Notice the small things. The rewards are inversely proportional. ~Liz Vassey While sitting out in the yard last week, we noticed a butterfly flitting around a few plants at the edge of the woods, a flight pattern that usually indicates it is a female looking for a place to lay an egg. The butterfly was Read more…
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Beauty in Miniature
Find beauty in the small things… ~author unknown It is the time of year when I turn my attention to caterpillars (BugFest is approaching). So, I am always glancing at shrubs and trees that I know are host plants to see what might be happening. There is a small Black Cherry tree out back and Read more…
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Is This a ? Egg?
I glanced out the back of the screen porch the other day and saw a butterfly behaving as if it were going to lay eggs – that typical fluttery flight around a plant that indicates she is searching for just the right spot to lay an egg. The butterfly was one of the anglewings – Read more…
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Black Swallowtail eggs
As I was planting some veggies yesterday, I saw a female Black Swallowtail butterfly in her characteristic search and hover mode as she investigated various plants in the garden. I knew from this fluttery flight behavior that she was searching for the right type of plant on which to lay an egg (aka host plant). Read more…
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