This first caterpillar seems to be the infant form of a Pipevine Swallowtail. The three caterpillars in the last photo appear to be juvenile versions of the Queen Butterfly.
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A Winter Visitor
i am not sure whether this is a butterfly or a moth. All i know is that the colorful little guy came for a visit. He rested his wings for a bit and then took off.
Blue’s Resting Place
Blue has been in the freezer all winter. Now that the weather is back in the seventies and eighties it seemed like a good time to dig a hole and bury Blue. I put him in the insect and arachnid graveyard next to all the orb weavers i’ve buried after they succumbed to horrible beheadings …
A Black Swallowtail named “Blue”
I was outside working in the yard one day when i noticed a pop of color underneath the car. It was a butterfly! I was immediately terrified i’d run him over or hit him with the grill of the car earlier when i’d parked, since that was where i found him, beneath the front of …
Dish Washing Day
Occasionally i would get busy and the dishes would pile up on the counter. I only had about a foot of available counter space and the dogs would lick anything below that height. I didn’t have enough room to separate the dirty dishes from ones that were going to be clean in the house and …