Butterfly House

This year marked the second year with American Ladies Vanessa virginiensis . Our hostplants were more established, so I didn't find mys...

So where have the postings gone? Basically, we've been busy (gardening, life, work) or gone (PA, NH). But in between, we've had var...

Seen today between 1 and 3 PM (no pics): 5 Tiger Swallowtails Pterourus glaucus , including one dark-form female 1 Orange Sulfur Colias eury...

There was a fresh Banded Hairstreak Satyrium calanus in the yard today -- a dark form. This is much earlier than I usually see them. What...

We went biking along the Potomac today. Wingstem Verbesina alternifola and Nettles Urtica sp. are in abundance there, along with Paw-paw ...

In previous years, I would plan the garden on paper, lose the paper, find the paper, and then end up (because of meager art skills) with a p...

This week, the Black Swallowtails started emerging. There are 17 chrysalises that overwintered in the cage. A male emerged on 5/7 and a fe...