July 23, 2009 @ 6:18 am | Filed under: Gardening, Nature Study, Photos
How many times have you read The Very Hungry Caterpillar aloud?
It’s got to be in the hundreds for me. Seems like every single one of my kids has had a time when that book was the favorite above all others.
But in all these years, I’ve never actually seen a real caterpillar egg—until now.
Can you see it? The little white dot on the underside of the leaf, quite near the stem. I watched the butterfly lay this egg and immediately afterward I ran inside for the camera, so this photo was taken no more than two minutes into the egg’s existence.
I hope the other caterpillars don’t eat that leaf. They are munching away and growing quite fat. We’ve counted up to eleven at one time but it’s likely we’re missing a good many. Counting callerpidders has become Rilla’s favorite thing to do. Mine too!
Butterfly watch: two monarchs, a tiger swallowtail, several painted ladies, and assorted sulphurs and cabbage whites. Also a possible viceroy sighting but Jane, my resident expert, wasn’t there to confirm.
As for our blue flower…Jenn, I was sure it was a cornflower too, but the rest of them are coming up—
pink!
(The color’s a bit washed out in this photo. The flower is really a soft shade of pale pink. Hmm….)
butterflies, caterpillars, milkweed, monarchs
July 20, 2009 @ 9:58 am | Filed under: Gardening, Nature Study, Photos
…I might post something other than photos from our butterfly garden,
…but I wouldn’t hold your breath.
July 18, 2009 @ 7:17 am | Filed under: Gardening, Nature Study, Photos
caterpillars, milkweed, monarchs
May 28, 2009 @ 10:31 am | Filed under: Nature Study
There’s a monarch on our milkweed.
There’s a monarch on our milkweed!
You know how happy that makes me, right?
Here she is (not on the milkweed):
Welcome, little dear. Invite your friends!
