Oh my, that is so beautiful! It sure looks like one that Linda identified for me last year as the Spicebush Swallowtail.

Nice shot Avedon!

Zebra Longwing at Hamelia patens (Firebush) and Gulf Fritillary at Pentas lanceolata (Egyptian Star Flower):

I found 3 Gulf Fritillary cats on my Passiflora today.

Looks prickly beautiful

Fortunately, they don't seem really prickly when handled. I miss the Zebra Longwings. Haven't had any around for quite a few years!

Jay, that is a cute pic of the Gulf Frit Cat! They will devour the leaves but it's so nice to see them around knowing there will be more beautiful B'flies in the near future!

Linda: I've not seen many Butterflies yet this year for some reason. Hopefully more will appear as the summer progresses ... we used to get lots of Zebra Longwings but the past two years not so much; but that kinda goes for some of the others as well ... and yet, so many things are in bloom that the B'flies love ...

My neighbor's Passiflora is suddenly devoid of the Gulf Fritillary caterpillars ... there were four or five on it last week and also Gulf Frit's flying all around the plant (hopefully to deposit more eggs.) I haven't noticed B'flies around the plant this week either. I sure hope the neighbor didn't spray the plant thinking they were an unwanted pest.

I love all the butterflies you all have posted. I have never seen many of them. They are beautiful!!!

I saw quite a few butterflies in the garden yesterday but they wouldn't sit still long enough for me to get photos.

I know! Today I saw a beautiful Zebra Longwing flying in the yard...it headed to Vitex Tree blooms, but didn't stay on the blooms long enough for me to get a shot of it! I haven't seen one of those butterflies in years! I think my wishing for it, made it happen!

I'm so happy to see the butterflies back in my garden ... they are not in abundance but it's good to see that they are back! I'm hoping that as summer wears on there will be lots of these flying beauties!

Tiny little Cassius Blue:


Monarch:


Spicebush Swallowtail:


Gulf Fritillary (one photo is from today and the other two last week):

Great pics all.

With this heat, humidity and mugginess we're having, I can't get the camera to take pics. It just fogs up.

How do y'all take the great pics? I know some, if not all of you are having the same weather we're having.

Marilyn: It's very humid here too and sometimes impossible to keep the camera lens from fogging up.

Thanks Lin!

I'm still seeing Monarch's in the garden on these Scarlet Milkweed flowers:

Beautiful photos Lin.

Thanks Margaret, I think the Monarch is one of the most beautiful of butterflies ... the wings always remind me of stained glass!

Great pics!

Me too on the stained glass thing!

plantladylin said:Thanks Margaret, I think the Monarch is one of the most beautiful of butterflies ... the wings always remind me of stained glass!