Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 21, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Ahhh...the more pictures you guys post the more I realize I'm going down in the photo contest! Seriously, I love all the pics here. I think we post better pictures than a lot of the books I've seen. Especially when you consider we post pictures from eggs to caterpillar to chrysalis and butterfly! And host plants, too!

Expect some more pics out of me soon. The weather is finally cooling down although it is supposed to rain this weekend. I live right up the street from a small preserve and I haven't been there in a few months. I drive by it on the way home and I saw the liatris has begun blooming so I'm going to go check out the butterfly action. Plus, there's that lady who lives against the back of the preserve and grows red passion vine on the fence! I feel the need to rescue any cats that might have mistakenly ended up on it. Now that the weather is more tolerable, I'm hoping to get out to some different preserves. Maybe I'll see some new visitors, too!

Oh, here's a pic I took at the USF plant festival. The zebra longwings were out in force and they loved this firebush. I know it's a good butterfly plant, but I have to admit I just don't care for the look of it.