Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Today I saw a beautiful Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly flying around in my backyard.  It fed on the zenas in my backyard.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

I love the black stripes on these butterflies.  It is amazing to watch them fly.  Eastern Tiger Swallowtail buterflies also have black stripes on their bodies like in the picture above.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly


They have such beautiful colors!

What's That Butterfly?

What's That Butterfly?

Try to guess the butterfly from the clues given below.  If you are ready to see the answer, click here.

 

Clue 1

Butterfly Clue 1

Clue 2

Butterfly Clue 2

 Clue 3

Butterfly Clue 3



Clue 4

Butterfly Clue 4

Clue 5

Butterfly Clue 5

Clue 6

Butterfly Clue 6

 Clue 7

Butterfly Clue 7

Click here to see the answer.

Beautiful Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Beautiful Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

This morning was filled with beautiful giant swallowtail butterflies! 





Giant Swallowtail butterfly feeding on zena.

 

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly feeding on zena.

 

My zena's are finally blooming, so they stuck around a while longer.





Giant Swallowtail Butterfly feeding on zena.

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly feeding on zena.

 



Giant Swallowtail Butterfly feeding on penta plant.

The giant swallowtail butterflies also fed on some penta flower plants in my backyard.  (Picture above)

The picture below is of a giant swallowtail butterfly laying eggs on its host plant, a citrus tree.





Giant Swallowtail Butterfly laying eggs on host plant (citrus tree).

Gulf Fritillary Butterfly

Gulf Fritillary Butterfly



Gulf Fritillary butterfly feeding on zena

The Gulf Fritillary Butterfly is around Texas at this time of year. 

It's host plant is passionflower.  The caterpillars look like a orange-red-brown color with black thorns around the body. 

They are really not thorns!  They are actually pretty soft.  These black thorn looking things get larger as the caterpillar gets larger.

The Butterfly is very beautiful with white spots and a mixture of brown and reddish color around them.  I love watching these butterflies spread their wings because there is a totally different color on the inside from the outside!  A nice brown texture with black lining within.

Take a look!!

 

Gulf Fritillary butterfly feeding on lantana

 

Oh, yeah.  I forgott the 3 tiny little white dots on the upper part of the wing... How could I forgett that.  (Joking)