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The Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) ranges over much of North America and is a common butterfly in the Ozarks. But I had never seen its caterpillar before today. One was making his way across my driveway and since I almost always have a camera at hand, there are photos. These caterpillars [...] Dayna’s lilac is blooming gloriously this year and the butterflies have noticed. Pipe Vine or Blue Swallowtail (Battus philenor) Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) When Dayna and I left the house this morning, the plan was to go to an out of the way spot on Rogers Creek and catch and photograph a few fish. We did end up doing that – and I’ll cover that in a separate post tonight or tomorrow – but we found so [...] A few minutes spent wandering about the yard turned up a freshly bloomed Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida,) a “puddling” female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus,) a male Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura) – a new record for me at this property – and a predatory fly (robber fly probably, but can’t really tell) with it’s lunch. When I [...] Just putzing around the yard today, not finding much to photograph. New blooms amounted to some Bird’s Foot Violets (Viola pedata) and a lonesome Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) that was so pale as to be nearly white. The puddles at the back of the house had a few sipping skippers and I managed to photo [...] |
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