Monthly Archives: December 2023

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We’ve had a busy couple of days . . . three monarch butterflies emerged Christmas, another yesterday and one today. It never gets old releasing them into the garden.

They hunkered down in our butterfly house Christmas as it rained all day long. They did not waste any time flying away after being released the following day.

Thankfully the sun returned yesterday and today.

This beautiful female sat with me for a little while before climbing onto the gorgeous poinsettia my good friend gifted me for Christmas today.

Brilliant sulphur

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The sulphur butterflies are truly among some of my favorite butterflies. Their brilliant yellow is pure sunshine fluttering about the garden. This one emerged in our butterfly house today. Once it fluttered off my hand I was mesmerized by the orange on its wings.

A busy month

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There have been tons of monarch caterpillars munching on my giant milkweed lately, many of which have been relocated to our butterfly house. This male emerged yesterday and remained in the house until today when the sun came out. He hung out for a while before fluttering away.

Sweet penta nectar

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We’ve had a bit of a cooler weather spell here lately, which has been wonderful for us Floridians. Today, with the warmer, cloudless blue skies, the monarchs have been in abundance. This female was not bothered at all by the countless photographs I took, or how close I became. She was hungry, feasting on the sweet nectar of the red penta, which is in abundance right now.