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  1. So, this morning when I looked, there was the new Black Swallowtail, not far from its chrysalis, still drying its wings. Unfortunately, I didn't get a good shot of the back of its wings to compare to the first two. Maybe I'll see them at the bean blossoms.
    My reading on them said that the caterpillar gets as far away as it can from the food source to escape any notice by wasps. The door the two were using to transform is 20+- yards away.
    #Wildlife #BlackSwallowtail #Butterflies #Gardens #Nature

  2. Today the first of the black swallowtail butterflies showed itself in the yard. It was the largest of its kind I've seen here, looking fresh, with no signs of wear, as if the first day. Now all I need to complete the cycle is a photo of the eggs.
    #Lepidoptera #Butterflies #Gardens #Gardening #Wildlife #BlackSwallowtail

  3. After the prequel intense rain and before the storm. Still hanging on.

    We had torrential rain yesterday in the buildup to the tropical storm and this poor caterpillar is the only one I found this morning of the 3 I've been nurturing.I hope it survives the big storm brewing for the weekend. I hope the others are okay, just hunkering down.
    #WildLifePhotography #butterflies #Butterfly #Caterpillar #EllieKPosts #insects #caterpillars #Wildlife #insects #Swallowtail #BlackSwallowtail
    @MonarchMommy

  4. After the prequel intense rain and before the storm. Still hanging on.

    We had torrential rain yesterday in the buildup to the tropical storm and this poor caterpillar is the only one I found this morning of the 3 I've been nurturing.I hope it survives the big storm brewing for the weekend. I hope the others are okay, just hunkering down.
    #WildLifePhotography #butterflies #Butterfly #Caterpillar #EllieKPosts #insects #caterpillars #Wildlife #insects #Swallowtail #BlackSwallowtail
    @MonarchMommy

  5. I have been nurturing these black swallowtail butterfly caterpillars for a while, sacrificing my dill plants in the interests of local ecology. This is the smallest one, on a lovely rich dill plant where I moved it. Then came the rain yesterday... wait for that post...

    #WildLifePhotography #butterflies #Butterfly #Caterpillar #EllieKPosts #insects #caterpillars #Wildlife #insects #Swallowtail #BlackSwallowtail

    @MonarchMommy

  6. I have been nurturing these black swallowtail butterfly caterpillars for a while, sacrificing my dill plants in the interests of local ecology. This is the smallest one, on a lovely rich dill plant where I moved it. Then came the rain yesterday... wait for that post...

    #WildLifePhotography #butterflies #Butterfly #Caterpillar #EllieKPosts #insects #caterpillars #Wildlife #insects #Swallowtail #BlackSwallowtail

    @MonarchMommy

  7. We have a new to us caterpillar in our backyard A Black swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes! We’re so excited. Cat’s been cultivating other types of host plants beyond milkweed to help other types of butterflies, and it’s working!

    #Butterflies
    #BlackSwallowtail
    #PapilioPolyxenes

  8. One of the benefits of raising #butterflies is you get a chance to take closeup shots of them like this. This one is a female - the males have less blue and more yellow on them.

    #butterfly #blackswallowtail #blackswallowtailbutterfly #insect