Archive for the ‘Garden’ Category
Black Swallowtail
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Black Swallowtail
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Black Swallowtail, originally uploaded by trekr.
By now, you are probably wondering if I have anything better to do than watch butterflies. Not so much 🙂 Anyway, if you look closely, you can see the chrysalis in the background. The white spot just where the butterfly’s eye should be is actually an empty egg. Look just below the chrysalis and you can see two other eggs.
Black Swallowtail
Friday, July 6th, 2007Black Swallowtail
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Black Swallowtail, originally uploaded by trekr.
Both in the same photo! There was also an Chyrsalis just off to the side and I couldn’t manage the framing. Maybe tomorrow?
Chiltepin
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007Chiltepin, originally uploaded by trekr.
Thomas Jefferson received Chiltepin seeds from Samuel Brown of San Antonio, Texas in 1812. He sowed them in plot XII and the Chiltepin is still grown in the Monticello Vegetable Garden today. Brown wrote Jefferson that the peppers were “essential to my health as salt itself”. Jefferson sent some of the seeds to Bernard McMahon, a Philadelphia nurseryman who marketed the plant as an ornamental which became known as McMahon’s Texas Bird Pepper. The Chiltepin was declared the native pepper of Texas in 1997 by House Concurrent Resolution No. 82, 75th Legislature, Regular Session.
Black Swallowtail
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Black Swallowtail, originally uploaded by trekr.
I was able to get close to this swallowtail as he was drying out from all the rain we’ve had lately.
Candy Lily
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Candy Lily, originally uploaded by trekr.
The texture really comes through in this photo. The background plant is Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina domestica. Click on the picture and check out the original size on Flickr !
Chrysalis Black Swallowtail
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Caterpillar on Myrtle
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Unknown caterpillar, originally uploaded by trekr.
I have no idea what kind of caterpillar this is. It seemed odd to find it on the smooth bark of a crepe myrtle tree. It resembles a saddleback caterpillar, but if anyone knows what it is please leave a comment.
Black Swallowtail Caterpillar
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007Black Swallowtail, originally uploaded by trekr.
The caterpillars continue to devour the fennel. The orange Y shaped tubes extended from the head are called the osmeterium. These glands emit an unpleasant odor to discourage predators.
Candy Lily
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007Candy Lily
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007Daylily
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Daylily, originally uploaded by trekr.
I couldn’t resist posting another Daylily. For me, they have the same fascination as the Clematis I posted so often earlier this year. A singular bloom of orange in a sea of green grass, and you can’t help but look.
I think this is a Kwonzo, a double flowered variety. Another name mentioned in the Wiki is Ditch Lily. I don’t know who named it that, but she lived next to a beautiful ditch.
Garlic
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Tomatoes
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Sage and Thyme …
Thursday, June 14th, 2007More Cowbell
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007Home Again
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007Black Swallowtail, originally uploaded by trekr.
I captured this Black Swallowtail on the Bronze Fennel last Sunday. Not the greatest capture, but it’s hard to get close to a butterfly. That’s why we had butterfly nets as kids:) She was laying her eggs. Tonight the second generation was chomping down.
Daylily
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007Knitbone a.k.a. Comfrey
Saturday, June 9th, 2007Comfrey, originally uploaded by trekr.
For whatever ails you, Comfey . A scholarly article for the curious.