#anise swallowtails

[antiqueanimals]

Insects. Illustrated by Ron King. 1971.

#bugs #insects #butterflies #anise swallowtails #sulphur butterflies #flies #beetles #leafhoppers #bees #bumblebees #Ron King

[vermin-disciple]

Anise swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)

#butterflies #insects #anise swallowtail #my photos #local wildlife #vermin rites

[myheartsstories]

Meet Ash and Smoke! I can't tell you who's who but either way, they're here!

#nsbbb #ts4 #the sims #sims 4 #berry #the elswood family #legacy challenge #grey #anise swallowtail elswood #moyer damson #ash elswood #smoke elswood

[elainemorisi]

various of my interests recently led me to fermenting, and it is hilarious how so far "just trust your vibes man" actually... is working

#famous last words lol but actually #the rule legit is 'if it goes wrong You Will Know' #and like yes indeed there does appear to be a difference between Odd New Taste and This Ain't Right #(not that I'm going around eating anything with mold on it or whatnot #but like cherry tomatoes: fucking weird taste! but one batch definitely had a bad one in it and that was a Bad Taste) #(anyway carrots with anise take a while but are AMAZING) #(alas the swallowtail caterpillars got to the last of my anise plant) #*fennel I can never remember which it actually is #it was in a mix in my defense

[xhoneybae]

Anise Swallowtail, Pyongtaek-si South Korea, October 2023

#Anise swallowtail #butterfly #South Korea #pyongtaek-si

[prinnay]

Weapon fairy no. 10

Anise swallowtail, saffron, pole axe

#chonky sandals #weapon fairies #artists on tumblr #new personal favorite #saffron #swallowtail

[heaveninawildflower]

Butterflies (Anise Swallowtail, Two Tailed Tiger Swallowtail, Three Tailed Tiger Swallowtail) from ‘The Butterfly Book’ (A popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America) by W. J. Holland.

Published 1893 by Doubleday & McClure Co.

MBLWHOI Library 

archive.org

#Lepidoptera #butterflies #swallowtail butterfly #North American butterflies #insects

[can-of-pringles]

Assign butterflies to your OCs?

Thank you

Arline Lanes: Banded Hairstreak

Fox: Baltimore Checkerspot

Carina Shepherd/Beatrice Maddison: Mourning Cloak Butterfly

Dannie Karim: Common Buckeye Butterfly

Ryn Halvorsen: Eastern-tailed Blue Butterfly

Silas Petersson: Malachite Butterfly

Pigeon: Checkered White

Arith: Blue Morpho

Iriel: Anise Swallowtail Butterfly

Kaia: Black Swallowtail

Odel: Phaon Crescent Butterfly

Eliška Hasek: Green Comma Butterfly

Marigold Rosales: Bordered Patch Butterfly

Rosie Rosales-Maximoff: American Lady Butterfly

Allison Dahir: Red-spotted Purple Admiral

Lee Quinn: Little Wood-Satyr

Jelaa Latka: Pipevine Swallowtail

Van Kahl: Ceraunus Blue Butterfly

#answered asks #pringle answers #practically an xman #insects #bugs #bugs tw #insects tw #arline the arcane oc #oc: fox #carina shepherd // beatrice maddison #dannie karim #ryn halvorsen #silas petersson #nameless ghoul pigeon #pringles good omens ocs #eliška hašek #xmen oc au #lee quinn #jelaa latka #van kahl

[smile-files]

Butterfly news! Helped a butterfly out this morning. I think she (female eastern swallowtail I think?) was cold cause she was struggling to stand and I gave her some sugar water by rolling out her tongue and putting it on a paper towel with sugar water, and then heated her up with a fluffy hot water bottle. She flew off so I hope she's ok now!

oh wow, so pretty!!!! i'm so glad you could help her out :)

i wasn't sure if she's an eastern tiger swallowtail when i first saw the photo - i've seen my fair share of them throughout my life - so i reverse image searched her and it turns out she's probably an anise swallowtail!!!

here are some google images of an anise swallowtail (left) and an eastern tiger swallowtail (right) - and you can see that, like your little friend, the anise swallowtail has more black on the forewings, less blue on the hindwings, and darker wing veins than the eastern tiger swallowtail. how neat! i've never seen an anise swallowtail before, and they're simply beautiful!

anyway, butterfly identification aside... i'm very impressed by your ability to safely handle a creature as delicate as a butterfly! it takes so much care, gentleness, and patience to safely do anything that involves touching a lepidopteran, more so than with other insects, so i'm constantly amazed by those who can handle butterflies - people like volunteers at a vivarium, who can pick up and move butterflies out of harm's way, and you, who can carefully unroll a butterfly's proboscis to help it feed! it's just amazing!!

i personally have had some experience with gently handling insects, but not with any as fragile as a butterfly - for animal behavior i've had to handle crickets, and so i know how to pick them up and hold them safely. hopefully i am never in a situation where a butterfly is tired or hurt and there is nobody else to help, but if that circumstance arises, i will be inspired by you to help it, so carefully and so gently <3

#melonposting #ask #gingerkingfisher #bugs #lepidopterist tag #i appreciate your sending butterfly pictures!!! i see butterflies on occasion in my neighborhood but not nearly so frequently #i love seeing them at vivariums or butterfly gardens but i wish i could see them at home #so it's nice getting pictures of butterflies from where you live!!! :D #when i grow up i hope i can have a garden perfect for butterflies... #so i can help them feed while also surrounding myself in their beauty! oh it would just be lovely!! <33

[brightgnosis]

I am weirdly excited to harvest my Fennel after this round of Swallowtails has pupated, so that I can try Chicken, Apple, and Fennel soup for the first time (using the Lovage I grew as a Celery substitute for the first time, too; I have no opinion on Celery, personally, but we've been trying to find a good Celery sub for my Husband because he hates it. It's so ubiquitous, though- especially in soup in recipes).

The only thing I'm worried about is that I kinda hate Anise scented and flavored things, and the Fennel smells very strongly of it. So this may either be the best thing I've ever made ... Or the worst. Regardless of the potential horror of the creation, however, my brain really wants to try it and is absolutely gunning for it with the glee of a 2 year old Toddler. And we must appease the brain gremlin or perish.

Tonight, though, it's Pan fried Pollock (substituted for Trout) and semi-sweet Herbed Mashed Potatoes from 'The Gefilte Manifesto'- gifted to me by @henbane-and-honeysuckle / @lavellan-commander for my birthday. Probably with some Broccoli and Cauliflower on the side; I have a package I bought for Veggie Trays that I didn't make last week that's about to go bad and needs to be used.

ETA: Hrg. It's 3pm now and I got up to go to the bathroom and about fell over of myself; apparently my Lyrica has chosen today- my last day on it- to smack me sideways ... Out of all the days I've been on it since the screw up with my meds. RIP.

Soooo ... I guess I won't be cooking tonight after all. Because while everything else is likely to go smoothly, I can't exactly chop and mash the potatoes like this; I learned the very important lesson about not handling things like knives, beaters, and other kitchen goodies while like this because of my Lyrica a very long time ago.

#Food Is The Ultimate Love Language #Gardening #Garden 2023 #NonTrad Housewife #NonTrad Homemaker #NonTrad Homemaking #Pagan Housewife #Pagan Homemaker #Pagan Homemaking #Homemaker #Homemaking #Housewife #Hearthkeeper #Verderer #Queer Homemaker #Queer Homemaking #Queer Housewife #Disabled Homemaker #Disabled Housewife #Disabled Homemaking #Life Of A Disabled Homemaker #Domestic Witch #Domestic Witchcraft #Green Witch #Green Witchcraft #Cottage Witch #Cottage Witchcraft #Oklahoma #Personal #2023

[floramama]

I’ve been researching and experimenting on polyculture gardening for a couple of seasons and I can see that it works very well! There are more pollinators and beneficial insects as well as birds in the garden now. It’s hard to see things change in one season, it takes time for living beings to adapt to your garden.

It’s a known fact that if you grow one kind of plant in neat rows, once pests will discover them there’s no chance that you’ll get rid of them (unless you use heavy chemical pesticides which are harmful for both humans and other living beings) .

But If you plant different kinds of companion plants together some of them will distract pests, some of them will attract predator insects and everyone will be happy!

We made a little video showing the different vegetables in one of our vegetable beds and I wrote down some explanation about each plant below. I hope you’ll find it helpful!

Avocado

Two avocado trees sprouted 2 years ago from vegetable scraps that I’ve buried in there and have been growing ever since. They endured frost, snow and heavy winds. There are two walls close to them which keeps them warm, and a very tall Himalayan Cedar tree on top of them that protects them from heavy rains and snow.

Mint

I planted mint to confuse pests with its smell and attract beneficial insects. It’s a wonderful hardy plant which has many culinary and medicinal uses. It just has to be kept in control, otherwise it will spread all over the bed. The best way to do it is to prune the spreading branches and air dry them for later culinary uses.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes are the stars of the summer vegetable garden! I love both growing and eating them!

I think of them as the main element of the garden bed and disperse the other plants around it.

Zucchini and Patty Pan Squash

I interplanted tomatoes with zucchini so they will shade the ground below, creating a living mulch. I used two varieties with the risk of being cross pollinated but so far so good!

Pumpkin

It makes a wonderful groundcover and provides amazing food for winter!

Fennel

Everyone says fennel stunts the growth of other vegetables around it, but I don’t think it’s true!

This one has been in the same spot for almost 3 years and tomatoes don’t seem to mind it!

Fennel is a perennial herb that I use fresh in salads, stir fries, pastas and so on! I also collect its seeds to use in herbal teas and savory cakes . The larvae of anise swallowtail butterfly feed on it and it’s an aphid trap!

Calendula

Ever since I first sowed calendula seeds in the garden they kept self seeding and flowering all year long! They are a good aphid trap , beneficial insect and pollinator attractor and they deter nematodes. In the beginning of spring they were about to take over the vegetable bed, so I pruned them heavily and lay them as mulch.They decomposed quickly, providing nutrients for the soil.

The flowers are medicinal, an infused oil made with them heals wounds, rashes and insect bites. I collect them all year long and dry them for later use.

Mallow

Mallow is a volunteer in the garden bed. It attracts pollinators such as bees, butterflies and hoverflies. It’s perennial and has beautiful flowers. Both flowers and leaves are highly medicinal, used in many different cultures for healing wounds, toothaches, joint pains and so on. It’s a hardy plant with edible leaves that are similar to spinach in taste.

Marigold

The most well known and used companion plant for tomatoes is marigold. It’s easy to grow and has beautiful flowers that attract beneficial insects such as hoverflies, ladybugs, lacewings and parasitic wasps. Where ever I planted a tomato, I planted a marigold.

Oh it’s also a dye plant that gives yellow color!

Sunchokes

On the outer edge of the bed I planted sunchokes. They grow tall and create a living fence. I had five kittens last year and I had to discourage them from using my veggie bed as toilet! So I went out and got a kilo of them from the farmer’s market and planted them in last year’s spring. They grew very tall and made the living fence that I imagined!

We harvested lots of them in October through December and left some in the ground for this year. They all sprouted towards the end of May. In fact too many of them sprouted, so I thinned them by moving them to the empty spots in the garden (you can read about it here ) .

Borage

I read about borage and its benefits so much that this year I decided to plant some! The seeds sprout easily in early spring but slugs love them and it’s a little hard to protect them . One day the seedlings are great with large leaves, next day they’re totally eaten! From the 5-6 seedlings only 3 remained and they’re flowering now!

It attracts pollinators, deters pests and adds trace minerals to the soil plus the leaves and flowers are edible!   I’m hoping for it to self seed and remain in the garden forever!

Cucumber

As the sunchokes grow very tall, I planted cucumbers next to them so they can climb on it.

Beans

They provide nitrogen to the soil, so I planted climbing ones next to sunchokes and some bush types next to tomatoes.

Basil

Even though they are not seen on the video, I planted red and regular basil in the empty spots next to tomatoes. They deter pests with their smell and I heard that they make tomatoes taste better! I also like them a lot in salads and  pasta sauces. Such a fresh taste!

Catnip (Nepeta cataria)

It’s a hardy perennial herb that attracts beneficial insects. Its tiny flowers attracts all kinds of bees.It self seeds and you can remove the seedlings to next to fruit trees or other empty spots in the garden.

We add it to our herbal tea blends all year long. It aids digestion, is mildly sedative and tastes great!  As with cats…some love them and some ignore them. Only 2 out of 5 kittens in our garden liked it.

 I’ll be posting new blog post at www.mandalinarossa.com  

#permaculture #permakültür #permaculture gardening #sustainable living #organic gardening #Growing Vegetables #summer garden #growing #sürdürülebilir yaşam #polyculture #polyculture garden

[hyssopandbee]

Saw a very spry Black Swallowtail butterfly today that landed on the echinacea, anise hyssop, and the common milkweed, with some passing interest in the clematis! So if anyone is trying to attract them, there you go.

[myheartsstories]

And after the wedding Anise still had some work things to do

Wattle decided to be a litterbug, so Anise tried to teach her not to be... It didn't really work

#nsbbb #ts4 #the sims #sims 4 #berry #yellow #anise swallowtail elswood #wattle bouquet #legacy challenge

[celestialmango]

Adding on to that previous answer we live in a city so usually wouldn't see random butterflies but we have. I'm an introvert who does leave my apartment often. I can remember several times that I've seen butterflies, a few monarchs as well as some others I did't know the name of and had to look up, besides a couple monarchs I also saw an anise swallowtail, a couple checked white, a couple red admiral and a western tiger swallow tail.

Could spot them more often further out around smaller towns. Again I don't leave my apartment often, maybe at most four days a month. I saw some others as well that because I wasn't wearing my glass I those moments (because sometimes I forget to put them on in the morning) were too far away for me to try and identify.

Also kept stopping to give tired bees some help and move them to the bushes rather than the side walk. One was really just taking a short break and was like 'stop doing that I don't need your help' then used the leaf I had it climb into as a springboard to fly off. I have never been stung by a bee when 'messing' with them like that. I'm sure they appreciate the help. Gave some water too.

I know I look like a crazy person when I stop on the sidewalk to help bees. Do I care? No. Bees don't seem to mind me or feel threatened by me, they just vibe doing bee stuff. I haven't been stung by bees or wasps in years. Actually scratch that. I've never been stung by a bee at all. The only stings I had ever gotten were from wasps and the last time that happened I was about 8 to 11 years old.

#mango updates #mango speaks #not noms

[oogleboogleoogle]

This is an interesting butterfly. It’s darker than your normal Eastern Tiger swallowtail, but doesn’t have the right markings to be an Anise Swallowtail, and the wing shape reminds me more of the Common Yellow Swallowtail. Maybe it’s just a darker phase Eastern? *shrug*

#butterfly #swallowtail butterfly

[shenanigans-and-imagines]

Top 5 butterflies

In no particular order:

Monarch Butterflies (because I'm a basic bitch)

Morpho Butterflies

Owl Butterfies

Anise Swallowtail

Common Buckeye

#butterflies #sorry had trouble finding gifs for the rest #top 5