Luna Moths & More Butterflies!

The luna moths finally hatched at Butterflies of Cape Cod so I had to jet up there to check them out.  And on a sunny Saturday morning, that's no easy feat thanks to the scores of tourists flooding into the area.  They've also found our secret backroads thanks to GPS technology. 

These cecropia moths were much smaller a few weeks ago.  They are going to be pretty cool once hatched!

Lots of monarchs in the habitat.

Sugarbush Swallowtail.

These guys are pretty big and I always wanted to see one in real life.  Very leafy, and not quite as green as I thought they'd be.

Beautiful!!

I love hydrangea.

Butterflies of Cape Cod

As mentioned in a prior post, I made another visit to Butterflies of Cape Cod to drop off more jewelry and visit the habitat!  

The lunar moth caterpillars are huge now!  Should be fully formed moths in a couple of weeks.

No idea what this is but it sure is pretty!

More monarchs are hatching.

Don't know what this is but it's pretty! I love the blue butterflies best.

The sugarbush swallowtail photobombed me.

This is a very unusual flower.  Never seen one before.

I love these flowers

Pink, orange & yellow is one of my fave combos.

I followed the sugarbush around for quite awhile because I really wanted a pic of it's open wings.  It was so cute just fluttering around but then finally landed.

This one is cool too!

When I left, this big and unusual dragonfly landed on the wooden bench.  I've never seen one like it before. I looked it up and it's some kind of Broad Bellied Chaser, but all the pics I googled didn't show striped wings like this one has.

Stoked for the lunar moths! Stay tuned!