Dixon Family Farm Lavender

Dixon Family Farm was fun to visit with lots of flowers, butterflies and animals.  You could buy flowers, hold a party or reception and there was even a little store with lavender selections.  They sometimes have special events too.  The animals were somewhat shy, so I gently talked to them and they were curious about me.  It was really sweet.  (This has slightly older photos from June and July, so it probably wouldn't look the same now.)  Children would enjoy the farm too.

Lavender

butterfly

Our State flower, black eyed susan

goat

Curious Donkeys

Exotic Butterflies 3

 Green Clipper

Possibly a Black Swallowtail

Pink  Cattleheart

 Julia Longwing

 Zebra Longwing

 Giant Swallowtail

Two Blue Morphos eating banana

  

 Giant Swallowtail

Possibly Black Swallowtails

Blue Morpho.  The inside of the wings is much more colorful.

Exotic Butterflies 2

 Emerald Swallowtail and more beautiful butterflies

 Blue Morpho

 Anyone know what this striped orange butterfly is?

 Male Grecian Shoemaker

 Zebra Longwing

Female Grecian Shoemaker

 Blue Morpho

 Anyone know what butterfly or moth this is?

 Blue Cracker

Small Postman

Julia Longwing

Exotic Butterflies

Blue Morpho Butterfly and a few other interesting butterflies

Banded Orange

 Atala

 Julia Longwing

Leopard Lacewing

Costa Rica Clearwing

 A Blue Morpho hides the color inside.  It is not actually blue.  The color it reflects looks blue.

Does anyone know what this one is?

 Sara Longwing

 Malachite

Great Mormon

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail emerging from Chrysalis

Butterfly Exhibit

We went to Richmond recently and visited the Lewis Ginter garden butterfly exhibit.  I spent a lovely hour or so watching exotic butterflies. The exhibit was smaller than the exhibit at Brookside, near Wheaton MD, but they had a nice collection.  (They also have an incredible collection of orchids, with every color of the rainbow: green, yellow, red, pink, purple, white, etc.)

Here are my favorites butterfly photos.

      Blue Morpho

     Butterfly heaven

     Blue Morpho?

    Tiger Longwing?

     Blue Morpho

     Sara Longwing

     Clipper butterfly