Monarch Butterfly

Let me take you back to your childhood. This is a Monarch Butterfly caterpillar chowing down on some milkweed.

2-26-09

Sanibel Sea Shells

Sanibel beaches are famous for shells. I took a
course at the Shell Museum where we photographed
different whelks in varying conditions.
2-28-09

Monarch Butterfly

This is a Monarch Chrysillis - note the gold crown on the upper right side. 2-27-09

Monarch Butterfly

This is the newborn Monarch.
2-25-09

Monarch Butterfly

After birth the Monarch sits in the sun to dry its wings
before it can fly.
2-24-09

Indian Hawthorne

Raphiolepsis indica A flowering evergreen shrub in the Rosaceae family. From Sanibel Florida via southern China. This is "Clara" with white blooms.
2-23-09

Morning Glory

Morning Glory (Convoloulus) The flower opens in
the morning and lasts for a single day. It is a successful
re-seeder. From Sanibel.
2-22-09

Pansy

Also pansy violet. Pansies are hybrid cultivars
derived by crossing various Viola species with
Viola tricolor by English gardener William
Thompson starting in 1813.
2-21-09

Hibiscus

Hibiscus - Sanibel Island
2-21-09

Lantana

Lantana montevidensis. Also shrub verbena.
This is a tropical and subtropical flowering plant
whose flowers grow in colorful clusters called umbels.
2-21-09