I love the blues. I think they’re my favorites. This pale grass blue is native to Asia and its host is oxalis, a common garden weed. Best of all, they’re homebodies. They’re born in my yard and stay their whole lives.

This is a female Angled Sunbeam butterfly (Curetis acuta). The larval host (caterpillar food plant) for this butterfly is kudzu. I only ever see these in my garden in November and usually only one or two each year. They “hibernate” as adults during the winter in my dogwood tree.

First post!

I’m an American living in Japan, I have three cats, two kids, and one husband, and in my spare time I try to raise butterflies in the garden.

Meet Tiger and Boo, and Mooncake