2018 has been [ for my area ] visited by more butterflies than since we moved here [2013].
Have no Milkweed [it died]; no Lantana; no Cone Flowers ..
But -
My neighbor has a Buddleja; I have Cosmos - Petunias - False Sunflowers - Obedient Plant - Creeping Phlox - Arrowroot - Korean Spice Ginger- and some I probably don't know the names ..
But, it has been a very interesting year!
Peggy
Question Mark - First of the Year/A Lifer, also[April]
Skipper [May]
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth [a relative :)] [June]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail [June]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail [July]
American Lady [July]
Skipper and American Lady [July]
American Lady [July]
Skipper [July]
Crescent [July]
Silver-spotted Skipper [July]
Common Buckeye [July]
Variegated Fritillary [July]
Common Buckeye [July]
Variegated Fritillary [July]
Horace's Duskywing Skipper-A Lifer [July]
Pearl Crescent [July]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (f) [July]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail [July]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (m) [July]
4 on the same day in July
Crescent [July]
Hairstreak [July]
Hairstreak [July]
American Lady [Aug]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail [Aug]
Swallowtail [Aug]
Common Buckeye [Aug]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ... 2 of them [Aug]
Monarch (m) Early arrival [Aug]
Skipper [Aug]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail [Aug]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (f) [Aug]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (f) [Aug]
Silver-spotted Skipper- tattered [Aug]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (m) [Aug]
Common Buckeye [Sept]
Viceroy [Sept]
Beautiful to see after Hurricane Flo came through [Sept]
Hackberry Emperor - A Lifer - [Sept]
Monarch (m) [Sept]
Skipper [Sept]
Swallowtail [Oct]
Monarch (m) [Oct]
Skipper [Oct]
Monarch (m) [Oct]
As the days are getting cooler, fewer butterflies come through. Even the Skippers seem to have moved on.
It has been a wonderful Year of Butterflies !
Peggy
(no, do not know the names of all the Skippers; someone told me "oh, you'll learn them" - there are so many kinds that I don't see that happening anytime soon !)
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