A Checklist of Our Garden Butterflies 2019
Our garden butterflies as of September 2019, Common swallowtail (Papilio machaon) Clouded yellow (Colias croceus) Salmon caper (Colotis fausta) Caper white (Belenois aurota) Large white (Pieris brassicae) Small white (Pieris rapae) Bath white (Pontia daplidice)...
Long-Term Sustainable Wildlife Gardening and Butterfly Monitoring and Conservation (Annual Report 2019)
by Husein Ali Zorkot Around this time a year ago, I observed for the first time a plain tiger (Danaus chrysippus), also known as the African queen, flying majestically from wildflower to wildflower. This butterfly, the same butterfly depicted on our wonderful...
Elecampane Season
Now, its autumn time, elecampanes a blooming and butterflies a fluttering. Plant native wildflowers like these elecampanes, they’re hardier, tolerant of temperature, wind, and weather conditions, less likely invasive, and produce lots of nectar. Photograph...