Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Do you have a butterfly mating picture?, 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
I don't know how this butterfly spotted her. I was standing right there keeping an eye on her while she ate because I was going to put her back in the cage. I know the males have the scent pouch, but the females must have some kind of scent too. He literally put on the brakes in mid-air and zoomed right in on her! I was rather shocked to see him actually dive-bomb her. He kept trying to knock her off the flower to the ground but she hung on to the flower. Sheesh!

This message was edited Dec 24, 2006 11:12 AM