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Things have been quite exciting in our backyard, with visits from some spectacular-looking insects. First, the dragonflies-who are exciting to watch as they patrol throughout the gloaming. Next, our bees continue to draw out honeycomb, which they are loading up with pollen and nectar from our thyme, mint, yarrow, borage, and lilac. The photo of the exquisite tiny jewel-like beetles was taken by our gardener, Marisa of Chrysalis Garden Care, so beautiful! Finally, we have been enjoying watching swooping swallowtail butterflies soaring up and over our backyard several times each week.
"New" butterfly sighting: okay, go ahead and laugh, but yesterday I was charged by a "pugnacious and territorial"* butterfly as I was heading out to the alley on our garden path. It turns out that the Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta males are known to rush intruders, including humans, before flying off erratically. Who knew?
*as described by James & Nunnalle, in Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies
"New" butterfly sighting: okay, go ahead and laugh, but yesterday I was charged by a "pugnacious and territorial"* butterfly as I was heading out to the alley on our garden path. It turns out that the Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta males are known to rush intruders, including humans, before flying off erratically. Who knew?
*as described by James & Nunnalle, in Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies
All photos ©T. Byrne (unless otherwise noted)
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