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Nov 6, 2015 11:25 AM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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My area is more dry and hot during late Spring to Summer, and Butterflies that make it to my garden seem to have a color preference rather than scent preference: It is fun to watch them as they make their specific choices Big Grin
Eastern Swallowtail and Monarch Butterflies love my Asclepias currasavica:
With or without blooms this Monarch kept coming back to Asclepias currasavica
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Eastern swallowtail seems to like to see yellow& red and bluish/purplish and white blooms:
On our yarrow
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On our dwarf agapanthus
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On our calamondin tree
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On our Asclepias currasavica
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Skipper butteflies loves our yellow lantana
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This painted lady butterfly just loves anything pink:
On the Lewisia
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On Crassula springtime
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