Videos by Butterfly Gardener in Greenville. Residential backyard certified as National Wildlife Habitat and Monarch Waystation. Learn to raise and care for native butterflies in your area.
It really makes me feel like Snow White when I have dogs and cats crawling all over me in the morning, and then a hummingbird flies into the house! π we have some great-looking agastache outside for them, also known as hummingbird mint, along with some nectar feeders on our glass patio door window. If you ever get a chirpy little visitor in your house, they are attracted to the light fixtures, so turn them all off and they should find their way outside the open door!
Saw this little guy on the bronze fennel outside tonight. Looks like he's on the move to find a good spot to pupate! π Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillar
I will be sharing whatever milkweed seeds my plants produce this fall with anyone who would like some for free. Please message the page and I will give you the address to send a self addressed stamped envelope and will send the seeds out later this year when they are ready. Most likely going to be butterfly weed milkweed seed pods. Thank you! π¦
This videos from last year. It's a newly hatched monarch caterpillar that is eating his egg for protein and one that is just coming out of his egg! So cute! π¦
Carpenter bees are great pollinators! The males do not have stingers. They are a very large bee with a shiny black abdomen. π