My Florida Backyard

After discovering our first Zebra Longwing caterpillars ever in My Florida Backyard a few weeks ago, we're now noticing clutches of egg...

The rainy season officially started on June 1, and we ushered it in here in My Florida Backyard with almost three inches of rain. After watc...

I strolled outside this afternoon to water a few plants, and found some Polydamas Swallowtail caterpillars on the pipevine, apparently just ...

Here in My Florida Backyard, holidays are generally pretty quiet affairs. Our families live many hundreds of miles away, so it's usually...

Fall is the time of purple and gold in My Florida Backyard, and one of the brightest patches of yellow comes from the Winter Cassia ( Cassia...

Things always seem to slow down in the garden in August. It's so very very hot, with rain nearly every day, and we don't always seem...

Not all butterflies are big and colorful. Some are small and need to be seen up close to be truly appreciated. Case in point: the Long-Taile...

We came around the corner in the garden the other day and almost ran smack into this monarch caterpillar, hanging in the classic "J...

When Calico Dutchman's Pipevine ( Aristolochia littoralis ) flowers, you really can't miss it. The blooms are the size of dinner pl...

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, the latest crop of monarch caterpillars in My Florida Backyard have wriggled their way into shimmeri...

Any butterfly gardener knows that milkweed is one of the most important plants in any butterfly garden. We often refer to it as the "al...

Glory Hallelujah! After the driest October in recorded history (we haven't seen a raindrop in six weeks), My Florida Backyard finally g...

Now that the weather up north is cooling off, Monarch ( Danaus plexippus ) butterflies are returning to My Florida Backyard in droves. In t...