Johnny Butterflyseed Celebrates First Scrub Plum (Prunus geniculata) Sprout
Johnny Butterflyseed’s first Scrub Plum
- Butterfly Farming | Eastern Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) | Schaus' Swallowtail (Papilio aristodemus) | Wild Lime (Zanthoxylum fagara)
1001 Reasons to Plant Wild Lime (Zanthoxylum fagara) in Florida
Wild Lime (zanthoxylum fagara) provides food for Eastern Giant & Schaus’ Swallowtail butterfly larva, and can replace Japanese Boxwood in the yard or garden.
Swallow-tailed Kites Observed Eating Plant Material
Swallow-tailed Kites (Elanoides forficatus) are a migratory raptor who split their time between the southeastern US, and South America. They migrate to the Central Florida area by passing over (or sometimes around) the Gulf of Mexico. In the past, Johnny has been lucky enough to observe a large flock of Swallow-tailed Kites arrive to Florida…
Johnny Butterflyseed Submits Polk County’s First Scrub Plum Herbarium Specimen in Almost 34 Years
The endangered Scrub Plum (prunus geniculata) is submitted by Johnny Butterflyseed to two Florida herbaria, the first for Polk County in a third of a century.
Endocarp Removal Process for Scrub Plum
Channel Lock pliers make the perfect tool for removing a Scrub Plum’s endocarp.
The Secret to Monarch Butterfly Farming
Johnny Butterflyseed has discovered the secret to Monarch Butterfly Farming! Fairies! That’s right, fairies! Fairies are sensitive little creatures that care very deeply about nature. More than just observers, fairy folk study, in wide-eyed wonder, the relationship between the things they see. They know which flower might feed an insect at any particular time of…
Flower Fly Nectaring on Dahoon Holly in a Highlands County Florida Baygall
While Johnny was gathering Dahoon Holly (ilex cassine) in a Florida Baygall to give as specimens for the USF Atlas of Florida Plants herbarium, a Flower Fly (Ocyptamus Fascipennis) wandered in for nectar from the Dahoon’s tiny, white flowers. Less than 1cm long (closer to 7mm), he likes to play hide-and-seek behind the leaves. It…
