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Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) caterpillar to chrysalis sequence 2.
Ladera Ranch, California, USA.
July 16, 2014.
Notice the caterpillar's hard, head "capsule" is beginning to slip off of the morphing butterfly's head. You can already see that right under the caterpillar's skin, the butterfly anatomy is already forming.
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Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) caterpillar to chrysalis sequence 3.
Ladera Ranch, California, USA.
July 16, 2014.
Suddenly the "snout" emerges from the "changling's" head. I'm guessing this encases the butterfly's palpi, since the proboscis and antennae are held downward, between the wings. I'd love to know more.
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Took myself off to Wells yesterday for a walk up the coast to Holkham and back; a glorious day and not a cloud in the sky.
Phoebis sennae
Another species I am raising in my kitchen window since discovering them on a client's Cassia tree. The black bars only appear when the caterpillar is mature and about to pupate.
Phoebis sennae. Note that it seems only the males puddle. (The males are lemon-yellow with few markings, I believe. )
Some come here and check in, many check out and then come here for good. I understand that way of thinking.
These are not familiar sunsets, nothing like the ones I grew up with. But I have a strange fascination with the gradient hue the sky takes on as it sets over the purple mountains of Southern California. The sky shows no signs of sunset until the big golden ball sinks below the horizon. But then the sky paints itself in a rainbow of a single brightness. So before I left this time, I wanted to make sure I captured it.
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) nectaring on Jewelweed.
Martin County, Indiana, USA.
September 4, 2017.
Few butterflies have a long enough proboscis to reach into Jewelweed (aka Touch-Me-Not) flowers and get to their nectar. I've only seen Skippers do this before.
Life Cycle of the Cloudless Sulphur: www.flickr.com/photos/74102791@N05/albums/72157645333551500
Jay's second book, "Familiar Butterflies of Indiana and their Natural History" is now available!
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2018 October Cloudless Evening Sky NYC and Virtual Clock Tower from Hells Kitchen Clinton near Times Square Broadway in New York City Midtown Manhattan 10/11/2018 stormy weather New York Times Building no hanging cumulonimbus blue cumulus nimbus cloud Fall - Hell 's Kitchen Nemo Southern view #NY1
2018 September Bright Cloudless and Virtual Clock Tower from Hells Kitchen Clinton near Times Square Broadway in NYC 09/16/2018 New York City Midtown Manhattan Autumn weather New York Times Building no hanging cumulonimbus cumulus nimbus cloud Fall - Hell 's Kitchen Nemo Southern view #NY1
Big, bright and yellow! It stands out for sure.
Grande, brillante y amarilla, esta mariposa azufre sabe destacarse.
Edited MODIS Aqua image (250m/pixel) of Japan on an almost cloudless day (except for a little bit in the far north and far south). Processed version
Who says you can never see the Paps of Jura because of cloud.
Here we are in Craighouse on our way down to Islay on the first leg of our Classic Malts epic voyage