Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily pictures #96, 1 by lepfarmer

lepfarmer wrote:
Sheila, you're certainly right about the influx of Queens in the area. To me, these are sort of the signature butterfly of summer. I've got so many flying around here it's almost distracting when I walk along looking for something else on the wing. Here's a pic of some in the back yard settling down for the night. Not the clearest picture as it was almost dark. There were a couple of little clusters like this scattered around.

Dale Clark
Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society
http://www.dallasbutterflies.com