Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES #108, 2 by ottahand7

ottahand7 wrote:
This has been a very poor year for butterflies up here in the UP. With 40 below temps and a lot of wind last winter we pulled into our cabin with poor expectations. There were hardly any of the Canadian Swallowtails puddling, no Satyrs, no Pearly Crescents en masse on wolf scat. Here are a few of the few butterflies that we have this year. If it weren't for Skippers and Hummingbirds here it would be a sad summer. Even the chipmunks are few in number.

I think the Fritillary is Great Spangled (I left my Butterflies of the East Coast at home), number 2 is a Comma, Wood Satyr (?), Admiral and the last is one of the 2 Monarchs I have had in the yard.

Usually we are overrun with Frits, only this one this year. The Comma is a rare visitor, I have never seen a Satyr in here nectaring on garden plants, our Admirals saved the day with their presence.

I will add a Buckeye later and some of the Skippers. The Joe-Pye weed is due to open this week so let's see what they draw in.