Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Today's butterfly photos, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Was out at the ranch and got some photos of butterflies.

~ Cat

I putter around the back fields in my golf cart and always carry bottles of water as well as butterfly bait (a blended brew made of bananas, brown sugar and a bottle of guinness stout). I usually pour a bit on the old posts and tree trunks out there to treat the butterflies. I'd seen some Leafwings flitting about so I decided to open up the bottle to see if the "aroma" would attract them. Didn't take long for these two to find the source!!!

Here's a Leafwing and Southern Dogface checking out my bottle of butterfly brew.

Funny thing...I kept driving around the back roads and every time I'd stop to take photos of other butterflies a leafwing or two would hone in on the open bottle. Am sure if I had a rearview mirror on the golf cart I would have seen a few following me around the ranch!!!