Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily pictures #97, 4 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
It's a good day in Melanie's garden! I found a Silver Spotted Skipper cat on my false indigo! This is only the second time I've ever had cats on it. I've never seen a SS Skipper in my garden, but obviously there must be two of them flying around somewhere. I didn't want to pull apart his little home so the picture is him in his shelter. The orange spot is on his head so you know which end is which.

Speaking of skippers, then I had a Long-Tailed Skipper laying eggs on my butterfly pea.

The Zebra Longwing was out enjoying the jatropha (and the firebush and porterweed).

I found a Monarch cat in the butterfly garden. I didn't actually plant any milkweed in my butterfly garden; it volunteered itself.

Melanie