Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily Butterfly Pix, #102, 2 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Well, it rained this morning and is still sprinkling lightly so the butterflies are mostly in hiding. I caught this Duskywing on the coneflower as I left this morning. There were actually two of them flying around. Then, I saw a Gulf Frit that had just molted and wanted to share that. After that I saw a caterpillar on my plumbago. I couldn't get close enough to it to get a good photo but it looks like a Wooly Bear to me. I left him alone in any case. Finally, three Gulf Frits were outside flying around and this one stopped to bask for a moment.

Mom found three more Monarchs this morning and I found one so it looks like the museum will have a few new residents tomorrow. Also, Mom got up early and went to the store to buy organic parsley for my Black ST piggies. You have to be careful with "organic" because the BT pesticide that kills caterpillars is considered organic since it's a naturally occurring bacteria. But I've bought parsley from this store before with no problems so I'm hoping it will be all right.

Melanie