Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily Pics of Butterflies, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
I did put one in BugFiles last year, but that is a good one. Deb you have some very interesting butterflies too!

fly_girl, I had never seen them before until a couple of years ago, I have a lot of new butterflies come to the garden now as I develop more beds.

The Orange Tip I saw the first time last year, it comes when the Lathyrus vernus flowers open. They prefer the purple one which is probalby like the wild one. I had a pair but last year I've only seen the one this year and it had a hind wing missing, it was on the grass so I got a good close up. The markings one the under hind wing are much stronger than I saw last year.