I found her nectaring on rotting persimmons, isn't she beautiful??
My First Red Spotted Purple, at last!!!
A shot from the side.
and another from the top, I am sooo thrilled !!!
Yea!!! Congrats your your RSP!! Now, send it this way! LOL!
Was she at your house or one of the gardens you volunteer at?
She was at our house, and i was totally surprised to see her.
Bet you about broke you neck running for the camera, I know I would have. Good shots too.
angele
Nov 02, 2009
She's beautiful indeed! Congratulations!
Thank you, it seems that the persimmons are attracting many different butterflies, I saw a Viceroy but was not able to get a picture, also many red admirals and question marks, and I got a picture of a snout which I will put up later, I am really excited.
Lots of queens and monarchs too.
OOOH a Viceroy too! I need to keep my eyes peeled!
That's fantastic! Glad to hear that more butterflies are up there! It's been such a slow year...now all these butterflies coming by in November...hope some stay for a while. The snouts have been all over. I see them all day long.
What are snouts ??
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1663
Can you see where they got their name??
I had two for the first time too! I was confused by the lack of tails as I thought it might have been a swallowtail. Took a while to ID it, but I was thrilled also! They are gorgeous!
Yes, they really are.
Congrats...I had one this time of year last year and almost fell over. They are really beautiful. It was like it was posing for me.
Did you find it this month?
That is gorgeous Peggy.
Alright, not fair. Two of you in my area have spotted them and I haven't!
:-(((pout!!!)))
Don't feel bad Sheila, I bet you have spotted a lot of special ones that we haven't.
The special one I remember was spotted while I was with you! LOL! Remember the Common Mestra? Wasn't common to us. Wish I had had a better focus on it.
Was that picture taken at the Wildscape?
Yes, it was. That was the day Anna, Deb, you and I were there.
Never seen one of the Mestra...see, you saw something we didn't! Stop pouting
(((smile!)))