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#219254 - 06/29/08 08:04 PM Post your butterfly pictures
melcon6 melcon6 WildRedRidingHood Dream Gardener Registered: 09/13/02 Posts: 4742 Loc: Coastal Maine	Here's some of my butterflies from the past couple weeks. I'm pretty sure this first one is a Northern Crescent. Great spangled frittillary White Admiral Edited by melcon6 (06/29/08 08:42 PM) Edit Reason: ID for Northern Crescent _________________________
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#219333 - 06/30/08 05:54 AM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: melcon6]
tamara tamara NORTHERN STAR Garden Helper Registered: 06/04/03 Posts: 18149 Loc: NB Canada	Very pretty, I haven't noticed any here yet. _________________________ Tamara's Photos ~Can't wait for Fall~
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#219337 - 06/30/08 06:47 AM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: tamara]
plants 'n pots plants 'n pots Purl One Garden Helper Registered: 11/12/03 Posts: 24083 Loc: Rockland County, NY	Nice, Mel!!! I haven't seen any colorful ones yet - just the small white ones. _________________________ ..... .........
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#219338 - 06/30/08 06:55 AM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: tamara]
melcon6 melcon6 WildRedRidingHood Dream Gardener Registered: 09/13/02 Posts: 4742 Loc: Coastal Maine	Thanks , Tam, they are on their way to you. You will see them any day now. Tiger swallowtail, headfirst _________________________
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#219339 - 06/30/08 07:04 AM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: melcon6]
melcon6 melcon6 WildRedRidingHood Dream Gardener Registered: 09/13/02 Posts: 4742 Loc: Coastal Maine	Thank you , Lynne. It's one of my obsessions. I'm still not sure what this one is....... Skipper Another swallowtail picture. I love taking them with the dianthus because I think the little curly-cues on the dianthus look like the butterfly antenna. _________________________
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#219341 - 06/30/08 07:09 AM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: melcon6]
plants 'n pots plants 'n pots Purl One Garden Helper Registered: 11/12/03 Posts: 24083 Loc: Rockland County, NY	Very nice again, Mel! I, too, love taking yellow tiger swallotail pictures! I never noticed that about the dianthus - COOL! _________________________ ..... .........
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#219347 - 06/30/08 07:41 AM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: plants 'n pots]
JunieGirl JunieGirl Frogger Garden Helper Registered: 10/13/06 Posts: 12807 Loc: Worden, Illinois	mel, very nice butterfyies AND I love your dianthis!!!! They are a very striking color!!! _________________________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! Still Praying for Cindy and now Praying for Bill
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#219349 - 06/30/08 07:44 AM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: plants 'n pots]
melcon6 melcon6 WildRedRidingHood Dream Gardener Registered: 09/13/02 Posts: 4742 Loc: Coastal Maine	I also raise black swallowtail butterflies from caterpillars. I have 10 right now. There are 5 out in the garden and 10 in this cage. Here's two of them in their 1st or 2nd instar stage. And here's 4 of them 2nd or 3rd instar. Here's a good comparison of the different instar stages. This is the most current picture. If you look at the two caterpillars in the center of the picture, the one on top is one moult behind the one underneath it. I think they have one more moult left. Then it's straight eating for another week or two, then pupating. _________________________
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#219357 - 06/30/08 08:10 AM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: melcon6]
plants 'n pots plants 'n pots Purl One Garden Helper Registered: 11/12/03 Posts: 24083 Loc: Rockland County, NY	WOW Mel - that is fascinating! How did you get involved in that? And where do you get them to raise? _________________________ ..... .........
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#219370 - 06/30/08 09:48 AM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: plants 'n pots]
cricket cricket Dream Gardener Registered: 04/03/08 Posts: 1900 Loc: Texas	what kind of enclosure do you have them in? _________________________ Cricket At the end of the game, the king and the joker return to the same box
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#219380 - 06/30/08 10:38 AM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: cricket]
kennyso kennyso The Man Dream Gardener Registered: 05/15/06 Posts: 3153 Loc: Ontario, Canada	I haven't spotted any long enough to capture, but I have seen one swallowtail and a few cabbage moths. _________________________ Belladonna: In Italian, a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison My Website
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#219501 - 06/30/08 08:51 PM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: kennyso]
melcon6 melcon6 WildRedRidingHood Dream Gardener Registered: 09/13/02 Posts: 4742 Loc: Coastal Maine	Lynne, a couple years ago I was out in the garden in late October, "putting it to bed" for the winter. Cleaning up debris in the herb garden I found a very colorful and unique looking caterpillar on the parsley. I took it in and brought it to the kids' school and we all watched and learned about caterpillars and butterflies. We watched it form it's chrysalis and then I took it home to overwinter it in the garage. That one didn't hatch in the spring, so I kept researching and building better cages for them. I watched a few hatch in an outdoor cage I had made, but most of that group didn't make it. I found out they are very vulnerable to predators in the chrysalis stage. This years cage is better than ever, and I'm keeping them inside. And it's my first try with a 1st brood, so I'll get results a lot quicker than the 2nd brood which has to be overwintered. Kenny, feed the caterpillars and the butterflies will come. _________________________
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#220253 - 07/05/08 05:08 PM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: melcon6]
Bestofour Bestofour Patriot Gardening Pro Registered: 08/10/03 Posts: 9228 Loc: Monroe, NC	_________________________ http://www.picturetrail.com/bestofour
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#220305 - 07/05/08 08:56 PM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: Bestofour]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Momma Mouse Garden Helper Registered: 08/29/02 Posts: 25396 Loc: Effingham County, GA USA Z 8b	awesome pictures sheri. i love how you captured the blue on the underside of the wings. _________________________ "Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
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#220307 - 07/05/08 08:58 PM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: Jiffymouse]
Bestofour Bestofour Patriot Gardening Pro Registered: 08/10/03 Posts: 9228 Loc: Monroe, NC	that butterfly was a willing subject. He sat still the entire time. _________________________ http://www.picturetrail.com/bestofour
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#220309 - 07/05/08 08:59 PM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: Jiffymouse]
plants 'n pots plants 'n pots Purl One Garden Helper Registered: 11/12/03 Posts: 24083 Loc: Rockland County, NY	Sheri - more fantastic pictures!!! _________________________ ..... .........
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#220371 - 07/06/08 07:28 AM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: plants 'n pots]
Bill Bill The Bear Garden Helper Registered: 08/22/02 Posts: 12167 Loc: Cedar Hill Washington	http://www.thegardenhelper.com/screensaver/flutterbys/butterflygallery.html
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#220396 - 07/06/08 09:47 AM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: Bill]
Bestofour Bestofour Patriot Gardening Pro Registered: 08/10/03 Posts: 9228 Loc: Monroe, NC	Oh Bill, that Cinnabar Moth is beautiful. Do you have a butterfly house? Do they really live in a butterfly house? _________________________ http://www.picturetrail.com/bestofour
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#222311 - 07/17/08 06:28 PM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: Bestofour]
plants 'n pots plants 'n pots Purl One Garden Helper Registered: 11/12/03 Posts: 24083 Loc: Rockland County, NY	What am I? I don't think I've ever seen this type of butterfly here before? He wouldn't let me see him open to see for sure - was a very fast flyer! _________________________ ..... .........
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#222321 - 07/17/08 07:09 PM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: plants 'n pots]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Momma Mouse Garden Helper Registered: 08/29/02 Posts: 25396 Loc: Effingham County, GA USA Z 8b	wow! beautiful lynne. _________________________ "Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
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#222431 - 07/18/08 02:54 PM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: Jiffymouse]
Bestofour Bestofour Patriot Gardening Pro Registered: 08/10/03 Posts: 9228 Loc: Monroe, NC	is it a moth? _________________________ http://www.picturetrail.com/bestofour
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#222523 - 07/19/08 01:28 AM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: Bestofour]
plants 'n pots plants 'n pots Purl One Garden Helper Registered: 11/12/03 Posts: 24083 Loc: Rockland County, NY	Thanks Jiffy! I don't think it's a moth, Sheri, as it was out in broad daylight and most moths here are out at night. I'd love to know what it is - anyone??? _________________________ ..... .........
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#222646 - 07/19/08 05:56 PM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: plants 'n pots]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Momma Mouse Garden Helper Registered: 08/29/02 Posts: 25396 Loc: Effingham County, GA USA Z 8b	under the fig tree _________________________ "Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
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#222649 - 07/19/08 06:02 PM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: Jiffymouse]
plants 'n pots plants 'n pots Purl One Garden Helper Registered: 11/12/03 Posts: 24083 Loc: Rockland County, NY	Another one on a coneflower - very tiny - anyone know what it is? _________________________ ..... .........
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#222866 - 07/20/08 12:27 PM Re: Post your butterfly pictures [Re: plants 'n pots]
cricket cricket Dream Gardener Registered: 04/03/08 Posts: 1900 Loc: Texas	not sure of the name of this one. it looks very similar to a monarch but not quite. earlier there was a hummer behind him waiting on him to finish drinking so he could get in there. (of course, I missed that shot.) _________________________ Cricket At the end of the game, the king and the joker return to the same box
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