Happy Easter

 

Happy Easter

 

 

Pipevine Swallowtail

(Battus philenor)

 

Good Friday WAS a good Friday.

This beauty was photographed at the Cibolo Nature Center

NW of San Antonio in the Hill Country.

 

It's perpetual motion made it difficult to photograph,

 

 

but managed to get a half-way decent photo of it from underneath.

Just gorgeous.

 

This is the only male we observed, but the females were darting

about everywhere along the trail at the open edge of the forest.

 

 

They were equally as difficult to photograph.

 

 

They preferred to dine on this verbena,

 

 

as did these little skippers,

but I was hoping to capture a good photo of one

sitting atop a bluebonnet,

 

for dessert, perhaps?

 

Guess what Pipevine Swallowtails lay their eggs on?

You guessed it, Pipevine.  It is the caterpillar's sole food source.
If you live in the right place, you might be able
to grow some in your yard!

 

If you have an extra minute or two,
check out this video.

 





Thanks for stopping by.
I will share more from Cibolo Nature Center
on another day.