by Kristen Dangelo | Jul 21, 2009 | Butterflies, Butterfly Gardening, Butterfly Photography, Caterpillars, Chrysalis, Eggs
Ever wondered how to make sunshine? Mother Nature knows how! Below is “her” recipe for the Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly… Start with an itsy bitsy egg. Set it on the tenderest bud of a Cassia senna plant until it turns the color of sunshine. Then watch...
by Kristen Dangelo | Jul 21, 2009 | Butterflies, Butterfly Photography, Chrysalis
Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal. Russel Lynes These two Anise Swallowtail chrysalises (Papilio zelicaon) express their individuality through color. Despite...
by Kristen Dangelo | Jul 14, 2009 | Butterflies, Butterfly Gardening, Butterfly Host Plants, Butterfly Photography, Eggs, Stories
After years of searching… I finally found a Western Tiger Swallowtail egg! All fellow “butterfly egg hunters” out there should understand why a celebration of sorts is in order! Butterfly eggs in general can be hard to come by, especially when you...
by Kristen Dangelo | Jul 14, 2009 | Butterflies, Butterfly Artwork, Butterfly Photography, Caterpillars, Chrysalis, Eggs, Poetry & Quotes
The Gulf Fritillary Divine creation can be seen painted on the canvas of a butterflies wing…© Kristen D’Angelo Artists, young and old alike, love to capture the beauty of butterflies. Above, Elena, age 8, illustrates the Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)...
by Kristen Dangelo | Jul 7, 2009 | Butterflies, Butterfly Photography, Caterpillars
Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon) Caterpillars love gymnastics too… Just look at this bridge… such form (excels in eating)… a future olympian to be sure! These flexible feeders bend over backwards for their preferred host plant, Fennel (Foeniculum...
by Kristen Dangelo | Jul 5, 2009 | Butterflies, Butterfly Gardening, Butterfly Host Plants, Butterfly Photography, Poetry & Quotes
Western Pygmy Blues Tremendous beauty can be found in the tiniest of things… for who has ever thought to rival that of a butterfly’s wing.. ~K. D’Angelo With a wingspan measuring just under a half of an inch (1.2-2 cm) the Western Pygmy-Blue...
