Hawk Moth

Hawk Moth

 

This is a picture of a hawk moth that I saw outside of my window today.

 

 I love the unique color and features that different types of hawk moths have.  All kinds of mixtures of brown are on its wings, like waves.

This one has huge eyes, and legs like a poodle!

 

I also got some pictures from underneath the hawk moth.

 

 

They are strange and beautiful.  Their wings are shaped like an arrow almost.  Hawk moths have a really large abdomen.  I enjoyed watching this moth today and taking pictures.



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!

Sulphur Butterflies

Sulphur Butterflies

Today I saw some beautiful Sulphur butterflies!  I love to see these butterflies fly around in my backyard. 

There were two kinds of Sulfur butterflies that I saw this morning:

1. Cloudless Sulphur butterfly





Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly

These Sulphurs have more of a cloudy yellow color.



Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly

Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly

Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly



2. Large Orange Sulphur butterfly





Large Orange Sulphur Butterfly

The Large Orange is one of my favorite Sulphur butterflies.  Their bright yellow color attracts my attention.

I love to watch the different kinds of yellow Sulphur butterflies flying around in my backyard and feeding on my zenas.

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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).

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

 

Today I saw a giant swallowtail butterfly while watering my backyard.  It was beautiful and breathtaking.  It flew in around laying eggs on my citrus trees.  I was excited!

I got some pictures of it flying around.

 



Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

I took a look at my citrus trees later on and found some caterpillars.

 

Giant Swallowtail caterpillar on host plant.

 

Giant Swallowtail caterpillar on host plant.

 

I keep you posted with more on these caterpillars feeding and such.



Buckeye Butterfly

Buckeye Butterfly

 

The picture below is of a buckeye butterfly that I spotted in my backyard today.




Buckeye Butterfly

 

It is easy to identify these butterflies when you see them, once you know what they are!

It fluttered around in my grass.  The buckeye only landed and rested enough at times for me to get a couple of these pictures.




Buckeye Butterfly

 

 

Buckeye Butterfly

 

Buckeye Butterfly