Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 12, 1 by catbird8

catbird8 wrote:
Deb, we do have cannas, both in the back yard and west side. The Brazilian Skipper was in the vicinity of the cannas when I spotted it. That was one of the clues that it was probably a Brazilian, but I didn't know that at first. I have pictures of several others skippers for which I am going to have to ask for help with identification. One thinks my head is part of its territory. I really love the challenge of spotting and photographing all of the small butterflies, just haven't been finding the time for a butterfly hunting trip. Nearly all of my shots are in our yard or our lot on Little White Oak Bayou. I do take my camera with me when we go plant shopping.

We had a male Monarch emerge this morning and had an E. BST go into chrysalis stage today. Hope the milkweed and parsley hold out. Looking for GST cats on our kumquat, as I spotted mama laying eggs last week.

Attached is a recent shot of a Nessus hummingbird moth.
Everything seems to like the phlox blossoms.

Rod