Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: What is this butterfly on my Cephalanthus occidentalis?, 1 by Mrs_Ed

Mrs_Ed wrote:
oh, they are mostly interested in the coneflowers right now, but I've seen them on the lavender and daisies. They also love rotting fruit or butterfly brew so I have lots of them on the watermelon rind along with Question Marks and Commas.

My swamp milkweed has just started to bloom as has my common milkweed. I've seen them nectar there, but they are on the coneflowers mostly. My butterfly weed finished its first bloom and is budding up for a second bloom now.

I always knew stinging nettle as "fire weed". It's that stuff that gets on you and then you itch like crazy for a while.

Here's the false nettle: http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/false_ne...
and Pellitory: http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/pn_pelli...