February butterflies spotted around Caddo Lake

The little Spring Azure is a bright spot.

Found a few butterflies along the trails around Caddo Lake State Park during late February.

Several American Snouts were bouncing and gliding among the branches.

American snout

A Juvenal's Duskywing blends with the dry leaves.

Turk's Cap attracts hummingbirds, butterflies and bees

Today the stand of Turk's Cap at the butterfly garden was buzzing with activity. I saw more hummingbirds than butterflies as midday.

Swallowtail caterpillars munch fennel

On a fennel plant about 2-feet tall, four Black Swallowtail caterpillars were spotted today at Baytown Nature Center.

This was the fattest of the four caterpillars on the fennel.

Can you spot the caterpillars.

There is a similar sized plant on the other side of the bed, but we didn't see any caterpillars on it.