Spring is the best season (fight me!!)

#NativePlants #Ceanothus #CAPipevineSwallowtail #DarkStar #California

Anise swallowtail caterpillar - green with black stripes alternating with yellow dotted black stripes grabbing onto delicate fennel frond

Black California pipevine swallowtail caterpillar with orange spikes and black legs and orange horns rearing up on finger with green in background

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#Invertebrates
#Caterpillars
#AniseSwallowtail
#CApipevineSwallowtail

A Ca Pipevine Swallowtail eclosed from it’s chrysalis
Released on Alyssum and it is nectaring. Such splendor
#CaPipevineSwallowtail
#CaPipevine #hostplant
#butterflygardens #pollinatorgardens #sanctuary

Perfect timing on the first day of spring! Two CA Pipevine Swallowtails eclosed today #butterflies #CaPipevineSwallowtail
#Canativeplants
#pollinatorgardens
#RaiseAndRelease
#gardenSky 🌱 #gardening
#SpringEquinox
#FirstDayOfSpring #spring
#bloomscrolling
#amazingnature

My first CA Poppies of the year and another CA Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly eclosed on this beautiful Saturday
#CaPoppy #canativeplants
#pollinatorgardems #capipevineswallowtail
#butterflyhabitats
#gardenSky 🌱
#naturelover

It’s #InsectThursday
CA Pipevine Swallowtail laying eggs on my Pipevine
See the ovipositor doing the egg drop?
#CaNativePlants
#NativePlants #butterflies
#PollinatorGardens #insects
#CaPipevine
#CaPipevineSwallowtail
#nature

My CA Pipevine is coming out of dormancy, and flowering!
I love the unusual flowers, and soon I’ll have CA Pipevine Swallowtail butterflies, then caterpillars
Spring is showing signs of arrival #gardenSky #gardening #nativeplants
#capipevine
#capipevineswallowtail
#bloomscrolling
#butterflies