Late summer/ early fall is the time for skippers
and American Ladies, flexing their beautiful wings.
Lots of purple and sunshine yellow, a mecca for nectaring insects.
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Oh, the luxury to have so many butterflies congregating!
ReplyDeleteVery sweet :)
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful! This post was wonderful - really put a smile on our face! These photos are great - really uplifting, we really enjoyed them. Schnauzer snuggles - JD and Max.
ReplyDeleteLots of great photos of the skippers and Painted Lsdy. I love the one with the three skippers on the buddleia.
ReplyDeleteAs beautiful as ever, love both colours, flowers and critters :)
ReplyDeleteWow, look at all those lovelies! The ones with all the skippers hanging together are my favorites.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the butterfly bush is living up to its name! Lovely photos.
ReplyDeletelovely captures!
ReplyDeletewow that's a lot of colorful butterflies and bees. great captured.
ReplyDeletemy entry: http://southbrowneyes.blogspot.com/
The painted ladies looked fabulous! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteRosey
Great collection of photos!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, Sweet Bay! I do appreciate the skippers and the sulphurs this fall, because they're about the only butterflies we have this year. Most of us in the Midwest have been lamenting the scarcity of butterflies this year; I'm hoping it's just a strange year and that they'll be back in larger numbers next year.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your blooms from Friday, too--I've never heard of Bidens before. They look like a coreopsis; are they a wildflower native to your area?
Beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots of the butterflies.
Have a great day
Thanks for visiting me too
Gunilla
Really beautiful images, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love skippers, They are the happiest of critters and seem undeterred by anything but me with my camera! Great captures Sweetbay!
ReplyDeleteYou always have the best critter photos~~Have a sweet week. gail
My favorite photo is the one of the triplets hanging out together on the purple bloom. Butterfly bush? Your butterflies always look like they're going to flutter right out of the computer.
ReplyDeleteDriving home from North Carolina today all I could think about was all those pretty yellow flowers on the roadsides and how I'd seen the same on your blog. The skippers are wonderful-stocking up for winter perhaps.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos.
ReplyDeleteThose colours certainly are a magnet for butterflies
Love all the critters abuzz in your garden. The skippers almost look like they are part of the flowers themselves.
ReplyDeleteI made the same mistake and Randy from 'Randy And Megs Garden Paradise' gave me the proper ID of our 'Painted Ladies'.
ReplyDeleteAmerican Lady from his butterfly website:
http://www.rlephoto.com/brushfoots/lady_american01.htm
Thank you for your comments everyone!
ReplyDeleteRose yes, Bidens are a native wildflower here, and grows in great numbers in ditches and wet meadows.
Donna, yes, that's a Butterfly Bush, Potter's Purple.
Thanks wiseacre. I seem destined to make the same mistake over and over, maybe because Painted Ladies sounds a little bit more poetic. :)
What I wouldn't give to be able to grow butterfly bushes like that. Those are wonderful photos. I enjoyed seeing your butterflies.
ReplyDeleteMarnie
Absolutely delightful to view and witness such precious visitors to your sweet smelling butterfly bush! I can inhale it's sweet perfume just looking at these images!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post.. salve for my soul!
hugs aNNa xo
Oh so beautiful! All of them...I've never had that many skippers at one place at the same time. I'd go c.r.a.z.y!!! Fabulous shots!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful butterflies and blooms! Are you like me? Running around after them trying to get that perfect shot?? I'm sure it's amusing to anyone watching :) but worth it when you see the gorgeous photos!
ReplyDeleteOh, what a treat! I wished I had all those beautiful butterflies in my garden. Lucky you!!
ReplyDeleteHi Sweet Bay, you are awash in butterflies! Excellent captures and what a wonderful place your garden is to attract these fine critters. :-)
ReplyDeleteFrances
What a lovely cluster of skippers Sweet bay... great shots of those and the other critters! One never tires of seeing beautiful butterflies and through another's eye there is such variety of perception.
ReplyDeleteWonderful pictures! I've been calling them Painted Ladies too:) The Skippers are swarming here too but I haven't seen as many Tiger Swallowtails this year as I did last year. I probably just missed seeing them.
ReplyDeleteYour butterfly photos always astound me Sweet Bay. My favorite of these is the one with the three skippers. I have to agree with Gail, you have the best camera critters.
ReplyDeleteThe butterflies and bees seem to adore your purple and yellow flowers. Your insect photos are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments! islandsparrow, I take the lazy way out and find a plant the butterflies go crazy for and wait. :) If I don't move they don't seem to know or care that I am there.
ReplyDeleteAmazing shots! Your place is a virtual wonderland! Love the photos:)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous butterflies! I'm not sure if we still have them here. The butterfly bush is still blooming though so maybe we do. You took some wonderful pics! -Jackie
ReplyDeleteSo lovely! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI too will miss the butterflies this winter. Your Silver Spots are really enjoying your Butterfly Bush. The photographs with the Tiger Swallowtail are lovely too.
Painted Ladies ARE pretty.
The wild violets are once again blooming in the yard and the last of the Eastern Tail Blues are enjoying them.
Happy October, season of the ancients.
Sherry