I love the yellow swallowtails on the Buddleia this time of year: that is pure summer.
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7.22.13 Monday Mischief: A Zillion Butterflies
There were literally a zillion yellow and black swallow tails on the butterfly bushes. Ok, well maybe we counted over 30. I wish I had a better camera. They must have just hatched.
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9.5.12 Buddliea and Butterflies
I can not help myself. Right now, there are so many beautiful butterflies in the garden that they are overwhelming me. Yellow Swallowtail, 2 kinds of black, some orange Monarchs, and a new one today – a Variegated Fritillary. We have lots of brown skippers and white cabbage moths too. They come right up and land on everything. They dance in groups and in pairs. It is like an amazing choreography of life – just for us. So, I had to take a short video with my silly smartphone to share with you, so that you might catch a glimpse of the incredible dance along with me. The butterflies entertain us for hours. We have planted for many years to maximize the butterflies and birds in the garden. The pool is surrounded by Buddleia, also known as ‘Butterfly Bush.’ We have a red, white, pink, light purple, and black night purple.
Our grove blooms all summer, so it is nonstop color and show. These deciduous shrubs are so easy to grow and always have a wonderful fragrance and a swarm of butterflies around them. The elongated flowers grow in clusters on arching branches that can get maybe 10 or 12 feet high (unless you cut them back – which is a good idea or they get leggy). I like the willow-like foliage that is a grayish green color and is pretty dense. The white Buddleia was here when we moved in (she must be at least 15 years old telling by her main stalk) and we have added 5 colors around her.
A new visitor today, just for you – Variegated Fritillary.
Make sure to tap this picture once with your pointer, so that you can get a close up and see his incredible colors. This is one of our Black Swallowtails.
Do you bring any interesting insects or creatures to your garden? Do you plant for anyone special (besides yourself and dogs and cats of course)? Yes, I do grow catnip.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
8.28.12 Signs Of Fall
This week has been wonderful for butterflies in the garden. I capture this shot of an Eastern Black Swallowtail on the grape right before Louise tried to eat it. A Yellow Swallowtail actually landed on her and freaked her out a bit (it was cute but I could not get the camera out fast enough).
Butterfly on the Grape
August 2012
Sofie Chasing Butterlies
Both dogs don’t really understand flying insects very well. I see them constantly trying to eat bees and jump after butterflies. We also have these very large furry spiders that kind of encase the house in webs this time of year. I was bringing in groceries the other evening and one swung down over the front door and caused me to drop the case of water that I was carrying and run. I worry that one of the dogs will try to eat one of the spiders and die: they are really scary looking.
V found a whole family of new born mice inside the extra vacuum we store in the garage the other day. This is a sure sign of fall coming our way. Mother Mouse must have come through the bottom bar and up the hose and had her babies in the inside bag (how smart is that?). While V was working in the garage there was this nibble nibble scratch scratch noise and upon closer inspection, unzipped the bag part of the vacuum, and all these little pink babies fell out. They were quickly scooped up and placed back in the bag and brought outside, with the hope that Mother Mouse will move them somewhere else (outside please!). I guess the Black Snake, who always leaves his skin on the garage shelves for us, will tell us where the mice are… because that is life in our garage in the late summer.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Monday’s Rusty Tipped Page
Friday’s Monarch
Monarch (by Ennuipoet * FreeVerse Photography)
The Monarch butterflies migrate from Canada down the east coast of the US every spring. Since we are midway (Mid-Atlantic), sometimes we are lucky and some stay all summer in our butterfly bushes. – DogDaz
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