Butterflies

Monarch Butterflies

Who doesn’t love Monarch Butterflies!  They monarchs are loving the pollen from my colorful profusion zinnas this year! Features:  Monarchs have bright orange wings with black lines or veins.  The wings are outlined with white dots. Eggs:  Monarch butterflies lay their eggs under milkweed leaves.  Milkweed is the host plant for Monarchs. According to National Geographic, each […]

Butterflies

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies

Have to share some interesting information about the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies. . . Features:  The male is yellow with black tiger stripes.  There are two different female versions.  1) One looks similar to the male but has blue spots on its lower wings.  2) The other is all black with the blue spots on […]

Butterflies

Cabbage White Butterflies

While this looks like an innocent and cute white butterfly, its offspring wreaks havoc on some plants. Features:  Cabbage white butterflies have white wings edged in gray with black spots on the wings.  The female butterfly has two black spots on each fore-wing and the males have one. Their wing span is usually under 2 inches. […]