Happiness

Posted on April 8, 2025 by SweetButterfly Bliss

I love walking out to the butterfly house and seeing new life. Its an instant smile.

The last orange barred sulphur emerged early this morning in the butterfly house.

This butterfly is one of abundance in the garden currently. I always spot multiple ones flying about, laying eggs, or sipping nectar. I have two of its host plants – the bahama cassia and candlestick cassia. They are planted on opposite corners of the garden and are thriving again, as I trimmed them both back. New growth is sprouting, mostly covered in eggs.

Egg bombing

Posted on April 3, 2025 by SweetButterfly Bliss

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!

Little treasures

Posted on April 5, 2024 by SweetButterfly Bliss

The orange barred sulphurs were busy in the garden today. My Bahama cassia now has an abundance of eggs.

It’s rare I can capture this beauty with its wings open, let alone depositing eggs on the leaves, as it is such a fast flyer.

Egg bombed

Posted on May 4, 2023 by SweetButterfly Bliss

I am slowly extending my butterfly garden to the front of my house, so I can see the butterflies as I am working in my office. It’s been a great project. One because I am beautifying my space more, and two because I am seeing tons of butterflies.

Today while typing yellow caught my eye dragging it to look out the window. So, of course, I grabbed my camera and stepped outside to see if my vision was correct. Yes! A sulphur, a beautiful sulphur is visiting my Bahama cassia tree depositing lots of eggs. I believe by its marking, it may be an orange-barred sulphur. It is hard for me to tell the difference between the cloudless sulphur, and the orange-barred sulphur butterfly. As the caterpillars grow it will be easier for me to decipher which one.

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