Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES # 110, 5 by C_A_Ivy

C_A_Ivy wrote:
Juhur, good to see that you have Monarchs. Send some my way soon.
Felt badly this morning when I noticed only one early instar BST cat on the outdoor parsley. Probably spiders. But I still have several in the pillar house and about a dozen chrysalis.
On the way back from a visit to my son, I stopped next to the Ozark Nationa Forest to look for butterflies on newly emerged sunflowers. Lots of Silver Spotted skippers and Buckeyes. As I started to leave I noticed a basking Tawny Emperor then a Giant Swallowtail. Which made my day to see this immigrant from the Gulf.
1. Silver Spotted skipper
2. Buckeye
3. Tawny Emperor
4 & 5. Giant Swallowtail