Category Archive: insects

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Camping Out on Camphor Daisies

The camphor daisies (Rayjacksonia phyllocephala) have just started blooming.  They are a pretty nondescript plant, tall and skinny, with long tough stems that look like leggy geranium stems, rough thick leaves, and small… Continue reading →

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Distinguishing Swallowtail Butterflies

How to tell the difference between some swallowtail butterflies, and spot one mimic. I am not a person who can readily identify birds, dragonflies, or butterflies “on the wing”, at least at first. … Continue reading →