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Some select shots thus far this year.
Red Admiral

Monarch

Swallowtail

Dragonfly

Hummingbird Moth

HBM in Nicotiana

one more

Monarch in flight -

Hummingbird in Black Beauty stand.

Pearl Crescent

Question Mark

another Monarch in mid air

Painted Lady

Sphinx moth in lily.

another

posterier view

Hummer next to Arabian Red Lily.

Hummer's turn in flight.

Hummer amidst Black Beauty -

and 1 more...

yesterday

Again, attracted to the Black Beauties.

taking it easy

and

last one from yesterday...

couple of Ques. Marks

wow! looks like you are having a great year J!

Now we know where all the BF's are!! LOL

Great pics!

Beautiful.

Thanks for viewing. Pretty much waiting for the New England asters to put on their show, they usually attract a plethora of butterfly visitors in September.

oh yes, I remember all your pictures from last year on those asters. I got two this year. One has already started to bloom.

Have you been seeing the same amount of butterflies? I have had less than the same time last year. I've had more monarchs though because I have more milkweed.

My asters are drawing close...what has really surprised me for this season is/will be the Fall Clematis which is already sporting a few blooms. As long as I can remember, it bloomed like clockwork every year on Sept. 1st. The buds are so ripe they may reveal en masse within a few days.
I concur on your butterfly population estimate. Monarchs have also been prevalent here but even they seem less than last year. I do think the bee population has increased over year's past. I attribute the occurance of more hummers to a better acurity of my environment.

A comma or ques mark laying low in the sunflowers:

Cute one!

Yesterday 5 monarchs at a time and a couple of cabbage whites. That's it. No swallowtails in days (that I've seen). Weird.

I've not seen any Buckeyes and only a couple Swallowtails all summer. I did find this Hackberry (?) today.

another view

Orange Sulphur

closer

Nice J! Good catch on the sulphur!

Yah, Hackberry Emperor. I've had a couple of those lately.

I have only seen a couple of buckeye's too. Last year I had those everywhere!

I saw them lots later in the year. I had some late season cats too.