{"id":514,"date":"2026-10-14T15:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/?p=514"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:35:13","slug":"black-swallowtail-butterfly-on-the-buddliea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/black-swallowtail-butterfly-on-the-buddliea\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Swallowtail Butterfly on the Buddliea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Black Swallowtail Butterfly on Buddleia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The royal blossoms droop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">at the branches\u2019 end. Each purple cup\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">center holds a hint of carrot orange.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its scent laces the air.&nbsp; A Black Swallowtail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">alighted on the flowers, a gentle sway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of the outermost stem.&nbsp; Slowly, the butterfly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">fans its wings as it uncoils its proboscis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to sip nectar from each cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The folded hindwing is edged<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in burnt orange ovals leading into sky blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">rectangles which merged into another row<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of orange ovals. Its forewing holds two lines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of white splotches. The body dotted white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walking on the purple cups, the butterfly probes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">each one for nectar.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Come end of summer, its wings will be ragged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Deep South Magazine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Swallowtail Butterfly on Buddleia The royal blossoms droop at the branches\u2019 end. Each purple cup\u2019s center holds a hint of carrot orange.&nbsp; Its scent laces the air.&nbsp; A Black Swallowtail alighted on the flowers, a gentle sway of the outermost stem.&nbsp; Slowly, the butterfly fans its wings as it uncoils its proboscis to sip&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/black-swallowtail-butterfly-on-the-buddliea\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Black Swallowtail Butterfly on the Buddliea<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-published-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":515,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}