Oh, happy day!!! The first time since that dreadful Hurricane Ian impacted our area in September 2022, has the state butterfly returned to our oasis.

My daughter and I became very distracted when we went outside to witness the solar eclipse today!! Yes, we are butterfly people!! This zebra longwing captured our attention and kept it for quite some time as we watched her leave behind eggs. The pure joy that radiated off of both of us when spotting the zebra longwing, and noticing what she was doing, is indescribable.

So, needless to say we took the plants that I spotted eggs on and put them into a little enclosure in hopes we will have some successful hatches and the caterpillars create chrysalis.