Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES # 109, 1 by C_A_Ivy

C_A_Ivy wrote:
J7, way up north, I love your Giant Swallowtail. Those pesky skippers and cabbage whites must like your menagerie of flowers, I do too.
Ottahand7, really nice hummer pics and the frit is a beauty. Although there has been numerous butterflies in west central Arkansas this summer, several species are missing which had been plentiful the last couple of years. No Gulf frits or Phaon crescents which I think last winter's unusual cold weather for this area likely affected.
However, this was the year for lots of Silver spotted skippers, tiger ST, American ladies, and a local AR., OK., TX. favorite, Bell's roadside skipper. Which is a small, dark but cute skipper. that hangs out near road edges, ditches and wet areas with river oats around. This one I spotted yesterday at a road edge near Christmas tree lake