Butterflies Still Flying at Bluebonnet Herb Farms in Waller County by: brendasue

Yes, It is November.  Yes, This is Texas.  Yes, it is still Hot enough for Butterflies, and Yes, There are Flowers everywhere at:  Bluebonnet Herb Farms in Hempstead, Texas (Waller County).


And YES, I did catch some for you and here they are.  Enjoy our Monarch photostudy today!

The Monarch Butterfly: feeding on the Butterfly Weed


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Here is Bluebonnet Today.  On the left side of the frame is a tall spindly-looking plant with a orange tuft of flowers on top. That is the butterfly weed.  That is where the monarch landed to drink his nectar. Butterflies do not have teeth in their mouth so they do not chew any food. They have a straw built in to suck the nectar from flowers.

Here she just landed and has her straw in a yellow flower.

She crawls around on the top of the flowers, checking everyone for a drink of nectar.

What a Beauty!  She is migrating through Texas to Mexico

I tried to get close enough you could see her feeding.

They open and close their wings as they feed. This is closed.

They have no problem hanging upside down to drink

She has a pair of antennae sticking up above her head.

Check this Link to see more about the Monarch:




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_(butterfly)

To find out more about the Butterfly Weed check this link:




http://landscaping.about.com/cs/forthebirds/a/butterfly_plant.htm

Just like (snap), she is gone!


And me too!


...this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek.


Goodnight to all.