I entered my "Pipevine Swallowtail" photograph in a contest for Butterflies on Flowers in Fine Art America. I received 1st place out of 560 entries!

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#pipevine #butterfly #nature #insect #beauty #winner #1stPlace

California pipevine swallowtail - black and iridescent blue butterfly with white spots on human hand with yellow-green background

Chris, have a #butterfly

It’s an isolated population in NorCal, outside of the SE USA;

#California #Pipevine #swallowtail (Battus philenor), endangered; sole host plant: California pipevine (Aristolochia californica);

riparian (grows by streams, dappled sun&shade)

Front view of yellow and black anise swallowtail in finger with green in background

Black and blue butterfly in hand witu yellow-green at background

Orange and black butterfly at pink flower with green leaves

Grey butterfly with orange spots at bottom on green leaf

Let’s hope #project2025 is short-lived, like most #butterflies (approx 2 weeks, except for monarchs, which overwinter as adults, rather than in chrysalis form)

#Anise swallowtail
CA #pipevine swallowtail
CA east bay #monarch
Grey #hairstreak

A beautiful orange and black male monarch butterfly drinking from a bright purple butterfly bush.

A red-spotted purple admiral butterfly eating from a pink butterfly bush flower.

So far I’ve successfully released 12 #monarchs - I have 13 in chrysalis and 20ish smaller #caterpillars; 2 #spicebush #swallowtails and have 7 more in chrysalis; have 2 pupated #hummingbird moths, and dozens of #pipevine swallowtail cats. Plus #tiger swallowtail and #spottedadmiral visitors!

Tiny orange eggs and tiny black caterpillars, freshly emerged, on a green leafy backdrop.

Tiny black caterpillars! The edge of the leaf they’ve eaten is lacy with holes from their large appetites, and you can just make out their spikey sides, which don’t sting, but can look intimidating as they grow.

Empty orange egg casings on a green vine, and a cluster of tiny black caterpillars on the underside of a green leaf.

These little ones were maybe my most exciting find - they are #pipevine #swallowtail #caterpillars. I watched the butterfly lay her eggs, which I was over the moon about, and then brought them in for safety. They are hatching, and there are dozens! I can’t wait to watch them grow.

Smear of brown green on grey concrete

Black caterpillar with orange spikes on green leaf

Human hand with 9 black caterpillars which have orange spikes, in front of green leaves

My idiot neighbors keep stepping on my idiot #caterpillars

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The cats tend to wander far and wide when they’re prepped for chrysalis formation

#Pipevine #swallowtail

Pipevine Swallowtail Eggs
#Butterfly #ButterflyGarden #Swallowtail #Pipevine

At the top of the photo is a caterpillar of the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly. The caterpillar has a dark-brown body with bright orange tubercles (elongated conical shapes) emerging from each section of its long body, and in two parallel rows along the symmetrical midline of its body. A rectangular inset photo shows the upper-back of the fawn of a Mule-deer, which has two parallel rows of white spots in the light-brown fur along the symmetrical midline of its body. The rows of colored tubercles and white spots are both probably defensive coloration. The caterpillar's tubercles may help it attach to the inside of the chrysalis during that phase of its life.

It's the #summer #solstice on our fragile little planet.
Sagital-plane midline symmetrical defensive #coloration and structure.
Top: #caterpillar of #Pipevine #butterfly with orange #tubercles (may help chrysalis)
Inset: #MuleDeer #fawn spotted rows along spine
#life #nature #wildlifephotography

#Dutchman'sPipe (Aristolochia littoralis)
#CoralSprings #Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the archives at theotherpages.org

Large 8" #blooms
We grow these to encourage Battus polydamas - #pipevine #swallowtail #butterflies 🦋

#plants #vines #flowers #nectar #pollinators #garden #gardens #host

Brown chrysalis in white silk on green leaf

Black and blue butterfly with white dots at bottom on human hand with green and yellow background

Green California pipevine swallowtail chrysalis on yellow petals/flower

what’s this @felinecannon.bsky.social

Chrysalis in cocoon of silk on green leaf - plant is California pipevine

It’s not a #pipevine swallowtail chrysalis

#Invertebrates

🤔🤔🤔

#pipevine #swallowtail #butterfly lapping up minerals. #nature #wildlife #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

She’s been here all morning, & found one of my Pipevine- their sole host plant
I wonder if this is one that I raised and released, coming back to lay her eggs where she herself began last spring as an egg on the underside of a leaf
#pipevine #butterfly #insectthursday
#gardensky
#CaNativePlants

Yay! My pipevines are coming up! These are new babies I planted this past fall.🥹🥰✨I planted both Aristolochia macrophylla and Aristolochia tomentosa. These are hosts for the Pipevine Swallowtail butterflies. 🦋 I bought 2 of each. #hostplants #pipevine #aristolochia #swallowtailbutterflies

Green vine in soil on green pot with sun shining and wood fence in background

#CA #Pipevine #AristolochiaCalifornica

Did I promise the vine to anyone? I have 12 to give away

Native to ~ NorCal, riparian habitat, dappled sun&shade, fish emulsion fertilizer

Two more CA Pipevine Swallowtails eclosed today
This one found its host plant, (CA Pipevine) right away
It was wonderful to see the two find each other after release
#canativeplants #pipevine
#butterflies #nativespecies
#pollinatorgatdens #insects #gardening
#plantitandtheywillcome

This Ca Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly eclosed today! These have been in chrysalis since last spring. This species overwinter and sometimes stay in chrysalis for over a year. I’ll release this afternoon
#butterflies #nativeplants
#CaNativePlants #Pipevine
#PipevineSwallowtail
#pollinatorgarden

Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia californica) is the only host plant to the Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly. It's a deciduous vine found in northern and central California. This is the first time my little one is flowering for me! #canativeplants #pipevine #butterfly

Thumbs up for #Blue

#California #pipevine #swallowtail

Can barely breathe, am so worried

Green leaves on vine with white organza bag

Green leaves on vine on fence with lots of white organza bags

View of black caterpillars on green leaf through white organza bags

Does anyone in the #SF #BayArea have any #California #Pipevine?

I have hundreds of caterpillars to share…

Help!!

Black swallowtail butterfly with blue parts and orange and white dots

Blue and black butterfly with white dots

Underside and top side of #California #Pipevine #Swallowtail

Green vine and green leaves; black and orange spider next to small orange spheres (butterfly eggs)

Orange butterfly eggs; sunlight shining through eaten ones

#Phiddipus johnsoni eating the contents of freshly laid Ca #pipevine #swallowtail #eggs

5 #Pipevine #swlpwtails and 1 #anise #Swallowtail eclosed today

#EarthDay2024

Deep blue butterfly with white spots on wood chips, with green vine in background

It’s #California #Pipevine #Swallowtail season!

Native to the (greater) #SFBay Area, they are endangered due to habitat loss; their sole host plant is the California pipevine, aristolochia californica

If you want a plant, I propagate it!

Native to riparian habitats

These #ceramic #Aristolochia #macrophylla #leaf #trinketdishes (can also be used as #walldecoration ) came from the oven today. So fun to make and loving how they turned out 😍

...I should launch my webshop soon 🤔

#dutchmanspipe #pipevine #ceramics #freshfromtheoven