Butterflies in Memphis

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04/15/2020

Spice bush swallowtail female, newly emerged and first of the season..front and back!

04/14/2020

50 degrees outside, April 14 and a female tiger swallowtail emerged from her chrysalis. She is the Black type, rather than yellow, but you can still see the stripes on the inside of her wings!

03/20/2020

Today a black swallowtail female butterfly emerged from her chrysalis, my first for Spring2020! I have some fennel in my garden, so I placed her there so she would know where to lay her eggs. Here’s hoping she finds a mate this early!

07/12/2019

July 9, 2019 brought monarchs to my milkweed, finally! They usually come in April to my backyard full of Asclepius Syriaca in Memphis,TN

01/20/2019

It's time to order milkweed seed! In the Memphis area, you will want to start your tropical milkweed seeds about Jan. 30, so you will have six-week old milkweed plants by the time the Monarchs have left their overwintering grounds in March.

09/24/2018

September in Memphis is the slow preparation for winter - in this case, the tiny caterpillar of the Red Spotted Purple (RSP) butterfly creates its perfect hibernation home from a sheared and curled leaf of the host plant. (In this case, black Cherry tree). Its home is called a hibernacula. See the opening in the second pic? The caterpillar is within, and will emerge when the new leaves sprout in the spring. Third pic is the adult RSP.

08/28/2018

Bountiful Zebra swallowtail baby larvae! They will form chrysalides in about two weeks. Not sure if the adults will emerge in September 2018 or Spring 2019! Probably 100 or so.

08/14/2018

Zebra swallowtail chrysalises!

06/16/2018

Oops, I have over 50 monarch butterfly pupae that need a new Tennessee home by June 18th! They will be butterflies in about 8 days. Please contact me if interested.