Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily Butterfly Pix, #102, 3 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Queens sure do seem to like mistflower; I've seen so many pictures of them on it. That skipper looks like a little airplane ready to take off, LOL! Nice Tiger ST, Nan! Look at it all up in that lily!

I went to the movies this morning (saw "Man of Steel"; it was good) and apparently it rained while I was in there. Mom let two Zebra Longwings go while I was gone but there was a third one waiting for me when I got home. It's the first picture. Then, I finally got a good shot of that little orange skipper that's been hanging around. The Duskywings are still loving the coneflowers although one of my coneflowers is looking a little anemic. Maybe too much rain? I hate to spray it with fungicide or anything although I have some organic stuff that might be okay. It's really the leaves underneath that look bad so maybe I could just spray the base of the plant and not the flowers. Hmmm...anyway, the fourth picture is a Zebra Longwing I caught on the firebush. I've got Zebra Longwings everywhere! Not that I'm complaining. And finally, I caught a Gulf Frit in a rare moment of stillness resting on one of my bromeliads.

Melanie