We saw our first American Lady butterfly, and she was laying eggs on the pussytoes (Antennaria) and on the Pearly Everlastings (Anaphalis). It's always amazing to me that in a yard full of all sorts of plants, butterflies can find exactly the ones they need to lay eggs on.
This butterfly probably wasn't going to live much longer with such tattered wings. It shows how important it is for there to be readily-available larval host plants.
I recorded the sighting on The Vanessa Migration Project.
Thursday, May 06, 2010
An American Lady laying eggs
We saw our first American Lady butterfly, and she was laying eggs on the pussytoes (Antennaria) and on the Pearly Everlastings (Anaphalis). It's always amazing to me that in a yard full of all sorts of plants, butterflies can find exactly the ones they need to lay eggs on.
This butterfly probably wasn't going to live much longer with such tattered wings. It shows how important it is for there to be readily-available larval host plants.
I recorded the sighting on The Vanessa Migration Project.
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