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

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Those hb moths are great looking. Nice to see another good looking Brazilian Skipper. They always throw me for a loop...with that big body and large wings I am always hoping it's something really exotic. Considering I have two huge canna patches you'd think there'd be more Brazilian Skippers around...but I'm lucky to see a handful a year.

Don't ya just love the underwing colors of those pipevines!!! Awesome!!!

I haven't seen any Monarch yet. Amazing how everyone else has gobs of them :o)

Am not sure if those are the same bees...looks like your bugger is covered with pollen :o) If it's big and black they are one and the same then!!! These out here make holes in the cedar beams of my back porch...UGH!!!!

Went outside a while ago to try to find one to get a photo...but found a huge reddish brown bee instead!!! It's about 1.25 inches in length...big booty! It was flying around my cedar beam...no doubt part of the group that makes holes!!! GRRR!!! Anyway, since I'd not seen this color of bee before I caught it and did the freezy butt thing. Took it out and took photos as it was warming back up again. It only took about two minutes and it flew off. Didn't want to kill it just in case it's special - unusual color for me :o)

~ Cat

This message was edited Aug 3, 2007 8:47 PM