Flowers are blooming in my garden, too: Crinum, passion flower, nasturtium, butterfly bush, and a rose. I gotta start looking for eggs because we are doing a show at the SF Botanical Garden August 7. I haven't seen many Gulf Fritillaries in my yard, even though I have a passion vine, so I think I am going to be scouting the neighborhood.
As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, I studied Conservation of Natural Resources. I took a couple of entomology classes and became very interested in insects. After I graduated, I held several jobs working with bugs: in the fields of central California, the forests of Connecticut and Idaho, and the labs of Berkeley. Then I went to grad school and studied entomology at UC Riverside and UC Berkeley (back in the olden days when UCB had an entomology department). When my kids were little, I wanted to share my love of insects with them, so I started a butterfly garden before butterfly gardens were popular. Then of course, their teachers asked me to bring caterpillars into the classroom and I started doing classroom presentations. I do presentations in elementary schools, provide teacher trainings, teach adult school classes, and bring live insect specimens to garden fairs. My book is perfect for helping elementary school kids learn about butterflies.
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Hi How do you do?
I am Stephen from Singapore. May I know the name of the second flower ? Thanks!
HI Stephen,
The Latin name of the second flower is Passiflora caerulea. It is known as blue passion flower or passion vine.
Sal
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