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Back from the museum where I did not pass out today and stayed hydrated despite the weather. Also talked to some very interesting people today. One mom and daughter had moved here in October and apparently the previous owners had a butterfly garden so they were trying to learn all the plants and the caterpillars and butterflies. I sent them off with several of our brochures and pamphlets. I also talked to a guy who used to trade and sell cocoons (he dealt mostly in moths) and he had a lot of interesting stories.
I also changed my mind this morning when I saw how much the Pipevine ST cats were eating. I left nine of them at the museum but kept more than that for myself. Hopefully, they will do okay eating the Trilobed Pipevine and will be big and fat next Sunday.
Here's my first picture from my house this morning. This Gulf Frit was just hanging out on the passion vine.
Now, at the museum in the flight cage we still have tons of Zebra Longwings.
And still lots of Monarchs even though a lot of our chrysalises were parasatized.
And I think my boss netted a Giant Swallowtail because we haven't had the cats in forever and we didn't have any chrysalises overwinter that I can remember. This one always gets a lot of attention from the guests and today was no exception. I made sure the other volunteers knew what it was so they could point it out.
And we had one Cloudless Sulphur hanging out.
I had to pick a LOT of milkweed to feed the Monarch piggies today and while I was out there in the garden I saw some cool butterflies like this White Peacock! Haven't seen one of these in a couple of months.
And I found a Cassius Blue that was sitting still! Shock! It's on lantana, FYI.
And there were two Polydamas that would not stop flying but I managed to get a picture anyway! By the way, these Polydamas looked really big to me. I think there must be something going on this year because certain cats and butterflies look extra-large to me.
And of course, I found eggs and two groups of Polydamas caterpillars. My Mom says they're snuggling. And who am I to argue?
