ButterflyGarden
@flabutterfly.bsky.social
Pollinator advocate. Raising and caring for the little things. 🦋🐝🐛🐞🌱
This King agrees!
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This King agrees!
Ocyptamus hoverfly loving on the pollen and nectar in the plants.
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Ocyptamus hoverfly loving on the pollen and nectar in the plants.
What's not to love. Sky puppies are beneficial mosquito eating friends.🧡
October 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
What's not to love. Sky puppies are beneficial mosquito eating friends.🧡
You have to want to face your irrational fear. It's exhausting being afraid of something that for the most part is completely harmless. However do not minimize a true phobia.
September 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
You have to want to face your irrational fear. It's exhausting being afraid of something that for the most part is completely harmless. However do not minimize a true phobia.
The caterpillars are just as amazing and beautiful as the moth.
September 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The caterpillars are just as amazing and beautiful as the moth.
Yay! I had my first Hackberry sighting in my area It made my heart flutter💓
September 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Yay! I had my first Hackberry sighting in my area It made my heart flutter💓
Love is in the garden. 💞 The milkweed assassin bugs #Zeluslongipes are under appreciated. They are great at garden pest control. I will relocate the nymphs to aphid infested plants like peppers and they seem to get their little bellies full. No need for insecticides. I rarely see them on milkweed.
September 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Love is in the garden. 💞 The milkweed assassin bugs #Zeluslongipes are under appreciated. They are great at garden pest control. I will relocate the nymphs to aphid infested plants like peppers and they seem to get their little bellies full. No need for insecticides. I rarely see them on milkweed.
We are encouraging others to see for themselves what a difference these boxes can make. The one on the right is from a coworker using a blower instead of a fan.
September 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We are encouraging others to see for themselves what a difference these boxes can make. The one on the right is from a coworker using a blower instead of a fan.
Excuse me while I shed my exoskeleton. Gravity at work. #katydid #grasshopper
September 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Excuse me while I shed my exoskeleton. Gravity at work. #katydid #grasshopper
Mess with the drums ... The claws come out.
September 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Mess with the drums ... The claws come out.
Aphids on milkweed are inevitable. A few friends I invite over for an aphid feast. Lacewing larva, hoverfly larvae and lady beetles/ larvae. Please don't use insecticides to remove the food source from our beneficial helpers. Plant more milkweed. 🦋
August 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Aphids on milkweed are inevitable. A few friends I invite over for an aphid feast. Lacewing larva, hoverfly larvae and lady beetles/ larvae. Please don't use insecticides to remove the food source from our beneficial helpers. Plant more milkweed. 🦋
It's hard to believe that this caterpillar turns into the most beautiful butterfly.
Eastern Giant swallowtail
The host for the caterpillar is native wild lime. #Zanthoxylumfagara
#Heraclidescresphontes
Eastern Giant swallowtail
The host for the caterpillar is native wild lime. #Zanthoxylumfagara
#Heraclidescresphontes
August 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It's hard to believe that this caterpillar turns into the most beautiful butterfly.
Eastern Giant swallowtail
The host for the caterpillar is native wild lime. #Zanthoxylumfagara
#Heraclidescresphontes
Eastern Giant swallowtail
The host for the caterpillar is native wild lime. #Zanthoxylumfagara
#Heraclidescresphontes
Momma Pinevine swallowtail sparkles. The pipevine is just starting to grow back. I hope there will be enough for the babies. #Battusphilenor
August 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Momma Pinevine swallowtail sparkles. The pipevine is just starting to grow back. I hope there will be enough for the babies. #Battusphilenor
A little cutie 🤎🩵
Longtail Skipper #Urbanusproteus
Longtail Skipper #Urbanusproteus
August 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A little cutie 🤎🩵
Longtail Skipper #Urbanusproteus
Longtail Skipper #Urbanusproteus
Spicy baby on camphor.
#Papiliotroilus
#Papiliotroilus
August 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Spicy baby on camphor.
#Papiliotroilus
#Papiliotroilus
Happy Caturday. All are welcome to the box and bag party. 🎉🎊
August 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Happy Caturday. All are welcome to the box and bag party. 🎉🎊
White-tipped Black moth. Loving the Sweet Almond.😋
#Melanchroia chephise
#Melanchroia chephise
August 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
White-tipped Black moth. Loving the Sweet Almond.😋
#Melanchroia chephise
#Melanchroia chephise
I had Atala one year( 2018) I had plenty of coontie plants but I suspect a nearby butterfly exhibit might have had a couple escapee. Otherwise never to be seen again.
August 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I had Atala one year( 2018) I had plenty of coontie plants but I suspect a nearby butterfly exhibit might have had a couple escapee. Otherwise never to be seen again.
Hummy loves the rosemary blooms. If you grow rosemary, let it flower, the birds and pollinators love it! Ruby-throated hummingbird
August 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Hummy loves the rosemary blooms. If you grow rosemary, let it flower, the birds and pollinators love it! Ruby-throated hummingbird
Giant Swallowtail The host plant for the caterpillars is native Zanthoxylum fagara /Wild lime.
August 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Giant Swallowtail The host plant for the caterpillars is native Zanthoxylum fagara /Wild lime.
The first thing I saw was a smile not a spider. Nature provides what is needed at the right time.
Orchard Spider
Orchard Spider
August 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The first thing I saw was a smile not a spider. Nature provides what is needed at the right time.
Orchard Spider
Orchard Spider
Cloudless sulphur leaving her most precious cargo.
July 31, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Cloudless sulphur leaving her most precious cargo.
Make that 4 people who care.
Isa textula looks like a sauteed mushroom when grown up. It was my one and only. Would love to see more.
Isa textula looks like a sauteed mushroom when grown up. It was my one and only. Would love to see more.
July 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Make that 4 people who care.
Isa textula looks like a sauteed mushroom when grown up. It was my one and only. Would love to see more.
Isa textula looks like a sauteed mushroom when grown up. It was my one and only. Would love to see more.