Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily pictures #100!, 0 by Mrs_Ed

Mrs_Ed wrote:
The year before, I had terrible milkweed aphids, then last year the drought and heat. So it was terrible. It was not just my yard, the grasslands where I monitor for butterflies had low counts too, as did others in Illinois. And we were all expecting such a great year with the mild winter we had. So I don't know what to expect here.

And so that I can add a picture… Here are the Red Admirals from last year. This was APRIL 21, 2012. Crazy. I'll be lucky to see any butterfly by then.