Tailed Emperor emerged The first of the Tailed Emperor butterflies emerged from its chrysalis today. When I checked on them at 1130 in t...

Metamorphosing into chrysalides  A Tailed Emperor Charaxes sempronius Caterpillar curls up in preparation for metamorphosing into a chry...

Tailed Emperor Caterpillars As summer has warmed up and butterflies have become more abundant in the garden I have been watching for Ta...

A spectacular garden butterfly Tailed Emperor Polyura sempronius This magnificent butterfly was just outside our house yesterday, ...