syrinx

American Lady

just one of many species hovering around the white mistflower bush the other day...monarchs still hanging around or migrating south, hard to say...

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swallowtail

visited the community center xeriscape demonstration garden and captured this beauty

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but a queen nonetheless... and positively glowing

caught in my front yard...

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racing stripes

Parsley worms (black swallowtail butterfly larvae) on a parsley plant.

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Queen

Queen butterflies have finally shown up to feed on the Gregg's Mistflowers. The mistflowers are a favorite of this particular species and the Monarchs are usually only seen in the fall during the migration. You can tell them apart because the Queen has 3 spots instead of the continued stained-glass partitioning pattern at the end of the wing. Or at least that's what I look for. Plus the Queen is u

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