A Wednesday Walk at SAFF

Old snag we check every time we go to Saint Andrews Forest Farm to see if it has fallen. It has holes all the way up from woodpeckers.

We’ve seen many pollinators this year. One of our favorite is the zebra swallowtail butterfly. Asimina triloba is the sole host plant for the zebra swallowtail butterfly, Eurytides marcellus. The zebra swallowtail caterpillars feed exclusively on pawpaw leaves. The butterfly lays a single pale green egg on the underside of the leaves. It is a mandatory host relationship and planting pawpaws are essential to supporting zebra swallowtail butterflies.

An energetic zebra swallowtail butterfly flitting about the old clonal colony pawpaw patch.
Lowbush blueberry by the main waterway.
Initial fruit set on Asimina triloba.

3 thoughts on “A Wednesday Walk at SAFF”

    1. It came very quickly this year. It’s been extremely hot and everything is happening about a month early so far. It feels and looks like summer. 🥵 We are always praying for rain. We need it now. I’d even take snow. ❄️🤗

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