Life On and Off an Acreage: Tiger swallowtail

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January 15, 2014

June 23, 2013

When a guy finally starts to get caught up around the acreage, more time can be spent with photography. The white lilacs are fully out now which means that the opportunity for humming bird moth pictures will become limited shortly.

It is difficult to get a head on shot. For some reason, they seem to prefer side shots.

The tiger swallow tails are all over the place!

Hopefully, there will be some butterfly diversity shortly.

Some of these guys are getting pretty beat up. I don't know whether it is due to the wind, rain, or old age.

This two toned lilac doesn't seem to attract insects the way the white one does.

June 20, 2013

Making Up for lost Blogging Time!

It's kind of interesting to watch this fellow grow his antlers. A few weeks ago he just had little bumps.

It looks like he has not done growing yet. So far it looks like a 3X3, but will likely be bigger. How much bigger? Stay tuned for future episodes.

The white lilacs are blooming and my friends the hummingbird moths are back. For more info see Link .

There were actually four of these today, and as they are only 3/4 of an inch long, very hard to track and keep in focus.

They have a very long tongue for getting into where the nectar is.

We must have at least 50 Tiger swallowtails around the lilacs.

My friend the hunting spider is back, and was enjoying a meal in the sun.

And of course, the horses ( and dog} are still hanging about.

Other than that, all is quiet on the acreage.
Happy summer everybody. Tomorrow will be one second shorter!

June 25, 2012

Another Quiet day

I had five of these dudes on the lilac bush today

Almost the perfect shot, but alas, I missed the focus slightly.

Buttercups are pretty in moderation, but does anybody know how to get rid of a field full of them? The horses won't eat them and they are starting to choke out the grass.