Back in the early 2000's I had 100's of them here at the same time , (Silver Spotted Skipper)
That was a story about mom telling us someone had been painting the butterflies ,, My avatar presently , last years SSS ,,
Sometimes I have had that many of a few butterflies ,only rarely that happens , I am trying to start and replace a few host plants ,
Slide show travels here
My weed patch ,, Burdock , Milkweed . Aster , several hosts
yep ,, weeds ,