Recent Posts Tagged With 'caterpillars'

• overwintering eastern black swallowtail caterpillars

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 19:34 in insects, butterflies, caterpillars

  This week we have been preparing for the cold weather. We have been harvesting herbs like mad, digging up annual herbs to bring indoors, bringing in the houseplants and scented geraniums, and finding many......READ MORE....

• Metamorphosis of an Eastern Black Swallowtail

  Posted on Wednesday August 19th, 2009 at 18:06 in butterflies, caterpillars

  Nature amazes me, no matter how many times I’ve seen this before, each witness feels as if it’s the first time! To see the rest of this post click here for new 5 Orange Potatoes' site.Feedburner subscribers I am working on transferring the new si...

• Stripe Scavenger Hunt!

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 10:53 in animals, flowers, mushrooms, Bees, caterpillars

  The hunt for stripes! Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)Bumblebee (bombus genus)Potter WaspMonarch caterpillar (Danaus plexippus)Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucas)Cicada (Tibicen linnei)- annual typeWe couldn't identify this mushroom.Eastern Bl...

• How to Raise Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillars

  Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 22:16 in Nature, butterflies, caterpillars

  Every spring we plant a lot of parsley, dill and fennel in hopes of luring the Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) to lay her eggs in our garden. Last year we released over 25 EBS butterflies, which we raised from larva to adult. This year ...

• Araina's Heavy Harvest

  Posted on Saturday July 11th, 2009 at 12:34 in garden, Herbs, gardening, butterflies, caterpillars

  Araina wanted to do all the harvesting in the garden this morning. She harvested: Peppers andCucumbers, Araina was fascinated with the "Little White Pokies" on their skin.Quite the Heavy Harvest for someone that is 6 and only 36 pounds! Araina's Harv...

• Cornerview in Ohio and Growing Wings

  Posted on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 at 11:38 in family, poem, caterpillars, corner view

  Sorry Cornerview friends, blogger friends, Ohio friends and family, but this not a very beachy post. The tides are turning for my little family and me. I am generally the type of person that tries to live more in the moment and not worry about the fu...

• Monarch Watch and Planting Milkweed

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 18:49 in science, garden, flowers, activities, Nature, seeds, butterflies, caterpillars

  We pulled out our seed box yesterday. It's full of envelopes stuffed with seeds from our gardens. We had so much fun going through the box and seeing the gems we had saved in the fall. Milkweed is the favorite, so we decided to plant these seeds fir...