Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 64, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Looks like a wonderful BST playground :o) They are sure to enjoy climbing up and down those chopsticks looking for the perfect pupating spot!

Was at the ranch today and photographed a Red Crescent Scrub Hairstreak nectaring on clematis drummondi (Goat's Beard aka Old Man's Beard Vine) which is extremely invasive and it grows all along the fence lines. Dad keeps threatening to spray weed killer along the fence but I keep talking him out of it :o) It serves as a good nectar source - there are always dozens and dozens of blues on it these days. I usually see lots of Ceraunus Blues, Reakirt's Blues, Mallow Scrub Hairstreaks and Variegated Fritillaries on it...so having it run amok in the back fields is fine by me!!!

The Red Crescent Scrub Hairstreaks aren't very common but last October I came across an area where I counted two dozen of them. Am hoping I'll be able to find an ovipositing female soon.

~ Cat