butterfly photos in the Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum

billyporter

Jan 2, 2012 6:38 AM CST

Name: Sally
Nichols, iowa (Zone 5a)

Shelia,
Wonderful!! I tried Googling to no avail to help identify it.

Tabby,
So beautiful! I love cats!

Melissa,
Oh dear, rubbed off. But, it gave us a different view of him.

Tabby,
Sphinx was my first thought, but I thought Sphinx's had a tail spine. My next thought was an Eight Spotted Forester, but it wasn't that one. It's nice to know.

Janice,
Oooh, gorgeous!

Linda,
Nice shot of the Sulpher!

Windy and chilly here, but going to get colder. No flutterbyes here :o(

A small town has no secrets except itself

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kqcrna

Jan 2, 2012 7:06 AM CST

Name: Karen
Valencia, Pa (Zone 6a)

It's suddenly cold here too, 28° with snow flurries. Only supposed to last 3 days though, then warming up to the 40s again.

Karen

| @kqcrna | Post #196849 (2)

SongofJoy

Jan 2, 2012 8:20 AM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

Similar here with the weather. It has been so very warm that I'd just about forgotten we are actually in winter.

I garden for the pollinators.

| @SongofJoy | Post #196862 (3)

billyporter

Jan 3, 2012 12:13 PM CST

Name: Sally
Nichols, iowa (Zone 5a)

It was nice here too up till the last few days, and now were warming back up :o)

I can't wait to see what butterflies I have this year. I moved a lot of Phlox closer together and hope to draw them in. I also have sunnier beds where I moved the phlox to.

A small town has no secrets except itself

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LindaTX8

Jan 29, 2012 2:35 PM CST

Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)

I drove up to a place near Center Point yesterday to meet up with my DD and my DGD. While there, I spotted a Red Admiral. I can't wait until spring!

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad

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SongofJoy

Jan 29, 2012 2:37 PM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

I garden for the pollinators.

| @SongofJoy | Post #207061 (6)

plantladylin

Jan 29, 2012 5:52 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

We had a few butterflies still around in October, then they were suddenly gone and I hadn't seen one in a couple of months. Yesterday I was outside taking pictures of birds and suddenly spotted this B'fly flitting about. It would go to the Bottlebrush Tree and then to the Periwinkle blooms, and back again to the Bottlebrush flowers.

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

| @plantladylin | Post #207210 (7)

SongofJoy

Jan 30, 2012 3:27 AM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

Nice. How lovely to see them this time of year.

I garden for the pollinators.

| @SongofJoy | Post #207387 (8)

plantladylin

Jan 30, 2012 8:12 AM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

It is exciting! Although we've had very mild weather here so far this winter, we still have February and part of March to get through with the possibility of frost/freezes and I'm hoping the weather stays nice!

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

| @plantladylin | Post #207473 (9)

SongofJoy

Jan 30, 2012 8:17 AM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

Me too, Lin. We've had one dinky little snow this winter and that's it. I'm so spoiled. It will be 60º today.

I garden for the pollinators.

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plantladylin

Jan 30, 2012 8:18 AM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

We had some frost a couple of nights last month and another cold front came through and it dropped to 46º last night. Our high today is supposed to be upper 60's ... and it's sunny and beautiful with low humidity for a change!

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

| @plantladylin | Post #207476 (11)

LindaTX8

Jan 30, 2012 4:05 PM CST

Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)

Monarchs...nice! We didn't see many of those this year.

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad

| @LindaTX8 | Post #207685 (12)

plantladylin

Jan 30, 2012 4:33 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

I didn't see many Monarch's this year either and it was a pleasant surprise to see this one in late January! In 2010 we had so many Butterflies but last year they were scarce ... hopefully this year there will be an abundance once again!

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

| @plantladylin | Post #207701 (13)

LindaTX8

Feb 3, 2012 9:21 PM CST

Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)

A Variegated Fritillary was here a couple of days ago, nectaring on Rue and other things. There was a Red Admiral also, but didn't get a change to take a pic of that.

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad

| @LindaTX8 | Post #209651 (14)

plantladylin

Feb 3, 2012 10:14 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Very nice! I'm hoping to see more butterflies soon ... hoping we don't have any really cold weather this month.

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

| @plantladylin | Post #209664 (15)

jmorth

Feb 4, 2012 1:59 AM CST

central Illinois

Good to see a butterfly in the middle of winter.

Nothing that's been done can ever be changed.

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Sheila_FW

Feb 4, 2012 8:21 AM CST

Name: Sheila F
Fort Worth TX (Zone 8a)

Love those Linda. I raised a few one year, love their chrysalis.

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StephGTx

Feb 5, 2012 5:44 PM CST

Name: Stephanie Gonzales
Texas (Zone 8a)

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

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virginiarose

Feb 5, 2012 10:48 PM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

I happened onto a website that will let you down load their butterflies pictures and catilipillar(spellcheck).
Anyway all you have to do is provide a link to their website whenever you use a picture. Only the ones on the front page and they are beautiful.

-http://www.joyfulbutterfly.com

-http://www.joyfulbutterfly.com

-http://www.joyfulbutterfly.com

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

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