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crevicedwelling.bsky.social
Elderberry borer, a longhorn beetle. Look for them in the NE USA now on their namesake hostplant!
May 16, 2026 at 2:11 AM
richardfoxbc.bsky.social
Striped Lychnis (Cucullia lychnitis) larva on its Dark Mullein hostplant on a Hampshire road verge with eagle-eyed @tonydavisecology.bsky.social earlier this week. #teammoth
June 28, 2026 at 5:56 PM
wynfred1840.bsky.social
commission for client I am quite happy with; bandera argentina butterfly doll & illustration of hostplant&lifespan;
Thank you for this oppurtunity;
april2026
April 14, 2026 at 9:19 PM
sjbknott.bsky.social
Sehirus luctuosus today in Bengeo garden on its main hostplant here Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens). #ForgetMeNotShieldbug
Sehirus luctuosus
April 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
spanoudis.bsky.social
#Red #PassionFlower (Passiflora coccinea)
#CoralSprings #Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

A #hostplant for #ZebraLongwings and #GulfFritillary #butterflies

#flowers #blooms #blossoms #vines #pasiflora
#photography #nectar #pollinators #garden #gardening
March 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
jpopstudios.bsky.social
This layer is really making this fennel and black swallowtail woodcut pop! #printmaking #blockprint #contemporaryart #pollinator #hostplant
January 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
doceliot.bsky.social
My wife planted Butterfly Milkweed, Monarch's laid eggs on them, caterpillars ate their leaves, metamorphosed in crysalises into butterflies with orange markings to signify the toxins from their hostplant. Same sort of thing
Burned down in wildfires but the milkweed returned, & so will the Monarchs.
January 27, 2026 at 11:28 PM
spanoudis.bsky.social
#Monarch #Butterfly 🦋 on #Milkweed
#CoralSprings #florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

#nature #wildlife #butterflies #insects #gardens #gardening #photography #naturephotography #sonyalpha #pollinator #wildflowers #hostplant #nectarsource
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
jpopstudios.bsky.social
First post about 2 woodcuts, one aster and goldenrod that is finished and a fennel and black swallowtail in the work. #art #printmaking #hostplant
January 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
anaturejournal.bsky.social
A Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) saying “hello world” #RudbeckiaLaciniata
Most of our Cutleaf Coneflowers have bloomed but there always some fashionably late bloomers sporting stylish colors! This flower has soft, yellow petals with a bright, vivid green interior. A great nativeplant to support your pollinators. Plus this plant serves as a larval host plant the Silvery Checkerspot butterfly and several moths! cutleafconeflower nativeplants coolplants bloomscrolling wildflowers flowerbloom yellowflower wildlifegardening pollinators hostplant
August 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
bushbark.bsky.social
Lucky enough to catch this common crow at rest.
Euploea core.

#hostplant #invertebrate #butterfly
#biodiversity #garden
Well veined dark brown wings that are spotted white along the margins. black and white head
February 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
gbartleson.bsky.social
Birds foot violet (Viola pedata)

#nativeplant #violet #hostplant
May 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
bushbark.bsky.social
Ants attending the caterpillar of the Speckled Line Blue - Catopyrops florinda in Native Mulberry - Pipturas argenteneus
#butterfly #hostplant #invertebrate #ant
A green caterpillar with white slots & short, dense white hair over its body attended by black ants on a veined green leaf.
February 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
lumoslove.bsky.social
She's #curvy. One of my favorite Swamp Milkweed plants. She's a natice pollinator magnet all summer long. #nativeplantsofnorthamerica #Milkweed #hostplant #bughaven #rootedrebellion
November 22, 2024 at 1:58 AM
bushbark.bsky.social
It’s a boy💜

Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio aegeus

#hostplant #invertebrate #butterfly
#biodiversity
Wings fully spread drying. Mostly black with white splashes on the top wings and 2 red dots and large white quarter circles on the hind wings.
February 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
spanoudis.bsky.social
Purple #PassionFlower ( #Passiflora triloba)
#CoralSprings #Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

#flower #flowers #garden #gardens #gardening #vines #passionvines #nectarplant #hostplant #tropical #blooming #blooms
February 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
bushbark.bsky.social
Pupa update

Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio aegeus.

#hostplant #invertebrate #butterfly
#biodiversity

Pupa is darkening you can now see the distinctive black wing forming with a white patch smudged with grey.
February 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
cschaboo.bsky.social
Favorite #hostplant of #Criocerinae #leafbeetles
inaturalist.bsky.social iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · Mar 30
Our Observation of the Day is this Whitemouth Dayflower Commelina erecta Whitemouth Dayflower plant (Commelina erecta, Trapoeraba in Portuguese), seen in Brazil by luisrobe59!

More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
A close-up of a flower. It has two bright blue petals and four bright yellow pistils. The stamens are light purple and curled.
March 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
bushbark.bsky.social
New discovery.
Single green egg laid per leaf on native mulberry, Pipturus argenteus.
Another reason to keep an eye on this native plant. Great garden addition, it attracts birds who love the fruit & flowers like lorikeets, fig birds & koels.
#butterfly #invertebrate #hostplant #BeCurious #birds
A lime green round egg sitting on a dark green leaf, held still by my hand as it is very breezy out today.
January 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
herbertnickel.bsky.social
Thistles are small hotspots of biodiversity in a permanent pasture. Hostplant of dozens of specialised beetles, butterflies, bugs, leafhoppers, nesting site for larks, pipits, buntings, winter food source for goldfinch, linnet and other birds.
Mow it and you kick all those species entirely out.
October 31, 2023 at 1:41 AM
gorgepulse.bsky.social
to render them distasteful to predators. L. latifolius is the larval hostplant for 4 species: Western sulphur, Boisduval's blue, Persius duskywing, & the moth Caloreas augustella. More on livestock effects: ars.usda.gov/pacific-west...
Western sulphur Boisduval's blue Persius duskywing Caloreas augustella moth
April 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
cschaboo.bsky.social
#hostplant of #Blepharida-group #beetles #fleabeetles #poison #venom
scottzona.bsky.social 🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · Jul 2
Resin is under pressure in the resin canals. In some Bursera species, the pressure is so great that resin may squirt up to 2 m & last several seconds. 📷: B. trimera from Becerra et al. 2001. American Zoologist 41: 865–876. doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #Burseraceae #resin #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Black and white photo from the article showing a hand holding a compound leaf. The tip of one leaflet has been torn away, and droplets of resin are visible squirting out from the midvein.
July 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
anaturejournal.bsky.social
Variegated Fritillary Caterpillar (Euptoieta claudia) eating the leaves of host plant Maypop (Passiflora incarnata) #EuptoietaClaudia
a close up action photo looking at a Variegated Fritillary Caterpillar eating the leaves of Maypop. This caterpillar is similar in appearance to a Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar for the exception of the three white blotchy lines that extend the length of its body. Caterpillar is orange with these white stripes, and it has black spikes. variegatedfritillarycaterpillar variegatedfritillary pollinators butterflies A photo showing the entire body of a Variegated Fritillary Caterpillar. It is actively eating the leaves of Maypop. PassifloraIncarnata nativeplants hostplant #bugsky invertebrates inverts wildlifegardening backyardwildlife
October 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
bushbark.bsky.social
Almost time to turn.

Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio aegeus

#hostplant #invertebrate #butterfly
Grasping the branch with its end legs and curling its black head in to form a c shape the final instar hangs from a fine thread if silk. The spiky green body is rounded and you can see the legs retracted into grey dots on its white belly.
February 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
bushbark.bsky.social
We have lift off.

Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio aegeus

#hostplant #invertebrate #butterfly
#biodiversity
The empty case reveals how much colour belonged to the inhabitant. The top section is mostly creamly opaque. The tail section is an ochre colour. It is split just below the main body section.
February 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM