Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES #108, 0 by SingingWolf

SingingWolf wrote:
Wow! I get busy for a couple of weeks and look at what you've all been up to!

Gorgeous photos, of the butterflies and moths, everyone. Thanks for the links too.

Aren't the butterfly exhibits fun? Sure looks like you got some great photos, nutsaboutnature.

The Honey B.fly weed looks interesting. I wonder if it would grow out here.

BCH, I'm so impressed with your assembly line, that I'm taking notes. :-)

I still have no monarchs. :-(

However, I have the GF's, and I've been seeing a lot of swallowtails, and today, I saw my first sulphur b.fly. Like flying drops of sunshine, they are. :-)

We had a very a tropical rain storm come through over the weekend and we got some here finally. It's so nice when it rains. It hasn't rained here since March, and it was getting pretty parched. I walked out to see if there was any storm damage, and was gratified to find lots of puddles and no real damage. I also found these strange looking cocoons on the trunks of the oaks and was wondering if anyone knew what they might be. DH is worried about the Oak Borer getting to our oaks, and I don't blame him. I don't think they are Oak Borer's but can't seem to find out any info with just this photo for an ID. Any ideas anyone?

WIB~
SW