Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Scarlet Runner Bean Host plant for Skippers!, 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
I haven't posted in a long time. (Y'all know me ... I'm all over the different forums on DG!)

I was out working in my garden bed this morning and saw this skipper ...

laying eggs on the newest tiny leaves of my Scarlet Runner Bean vine. Apparently it is a HOST plant for Skippers!

The butterfly was ALL over that vine!!! Laying eggs everywhere! Just thought I would give y'all a head's up on another host plant in case you didn't already know that they like this vine as well as Cannas for their cats. I have Cannas in my yard too, so this is quite a surprise!