Today there were 5 monarch butterflies that emerged, one orange barred sulphur, and the star of the day, the polydamas swallowtail. The polydamas chrysalsis has been in the butterfly house since late last year.
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The butterfly house has sure been active these last few days. More orange barred sulphurs have emerged. These butterflies sure are early risers. I have yet to see one emerge.
Pure sunshine
The orange barred sulphur has arrived, most likely minutes after I walked away. In a few hours it will have dried its wings and ready to be released.
Egg bombing
I had countless rays of sunshine fluttering about the garden yesterday. There were multiple orange barred sulphur butterflies laying eggs at the same time on both my candlestick cassia and bahama cassia. It caught and kept my attention for a while.
They are almost impossible to photograph, these fast flyers, so it’s a thrill when I am able to capture a good photo!
Warms my heart
A special bond sure unfolds when you have a dog. Lily, our now 5 month old golden retriever, finds a way to snag a little more of my heart every day. This gentle big bear, a nickname we have given her, has become my butterfly sidekick.
I am a huge dog person, and well a butterfly enthusiast, as well.
The last few days we have released butterflies from our butterfly house, the first, an orange barred sulphur, and the second a male monarch butterfly. As soon as I say, we have butterflies, Lily jumps up on the ledge of our butterfly house to see and then walks outside and sits down so she can further inspect.
I fell in love with the “pure” sweetness of these captured moments.
The sulphur, both cloudless and orange barred, butterflies, lately, are my most visited butterfly species. They are fast bursts of sunshine fluttering about the garden! They love laying eggs on both of my bahama cassia and candlestick cassia trees.
