Saturday, August 05, 2006
Heat & Butterflies
This week has been hot. So, it's August and it has been hot clear from the Rockies to the Atlantic. Our daytime temperatures have gotten up to the 98-99 degree mark. Time to drink lots of water and Gatoraide and get chores done before 9:00 a.m. Friday morning I had the oil changed and the tires rotated on my truck before 9.I don't know if the heat has anything to do with it or not, but we have been inundated in butterflies. Mostly Eastern Tiger Swallowtails on both yellow and black form. I also found out by surprise that some of the black ones are also Spicebush Swallowtails. I took a picture of a black one thinking that it was a tiger and upon inspection of the pictures, realized that it was a Spicebush.
The underside of the Spicebush was so beautiful that It got is picture taken twice.
BTW - Click on the pics to see them in full size!
# posted by Bob @ 8/05/2006 06:19:00 PM 
