Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily pictures #99, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Well, I forgot to take my camera to the museum today, but it was mostly Monarchs anyway. I found nine cats and captured three adults. I also saw Long-Tailed Skippers, a Silver-Spotted Skipper (rare for this area), a Cloudless Sulphur, Gulf Fritillaries, Duskywings, and what I think was a Polydamas Swallowtail. It was moving really fast but I didn't see any tails.

When I got home I went to water my orchids and found a surprise in my butterfly garden - a Giant Swallowtail! Good thing my rue is ready! I guess the Swallowtails are starting to emerge due to all this warm weather.

Melanie