Welcome to a section of my garden where I released six monarch butterflies in the middle of a sea of blanket flowers.
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The cycle continues
The orange-barred sulphur butterflies absolutely love my candlestick cassia. They are constantly laying eggs on the edge of the leaves, continuing the lifecycle.
The female’s coloring changes from winter to summer, while the male remains bright yellow with an orange bar on its forewing, and a yellow hindwing with orange edges. The under surface of the male wings has small dark spots.
The caterpillars are pretty neat – those that eat the leaves are mainly green, while those that eat the yellow flowers are yellow.
Having a good March/April
The monarch butterflies are having a great March and April. There has been a lot of activity in the garden – eggs being laid, caterpillars chomping away.
Here’s the first, of a few monarch butterflies to emerge in the butterfly house.
Happiness
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.
The star . . . .
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.
