In hopes of learning myself and sharing with others, here are the fall butterflies that are visiting our Wildscape (yesterday I read up on how to tell the difference between a queen and a soldier)... |
| Bordered patch |
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| Gulf fritillary |
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| Variegated fritillary |
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| Queen |
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| Texan crescent |
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| Monarchs (in love) |
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| Southern dogface |
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| American snout |
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| Gray hairstreak |
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| Fiery skipper |
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| Little yellow |
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| Cloudless sulphur |
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| Red admiral |
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| Common mestra |
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| Phaon crescent |
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| Silvery checkerspot |
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| American lady |
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Painted lady  White checkered-skipper |
5 comments:
Thanks for these great ID's. I've saved the link for reference. Beam yourself to my house. The Thoroughwort aka Boneset shrub is working alive w/Red Admirals. I love that shrub. Very aromatic.
Ah, our boneset is VERY smelly! Do you also have fragrant mistflower (Chromolaena odorata), which is also shrubby? It attracts tons of nectaring insects too. We love it.
The only mistflower I have is Gregg's Blue. I haven't really noticed its being that aromatic, but it certainly does draw pollinators! Especially the Fritillary butterflies. I'll have to ask at Medina Nursery about the fragrant one. What color are the blooms? Does it appear in any of your photos above?
Oops, sorry...I meant to note that the fragrant mistflower has a blue bloom like the Gregg's mistflower. Only it's a shrub and it's get leggy and long! Can take over a corner in a season! It also did fine during our awful summer 2011. Check out my post from November 2010....http://sherylsmithrodgers.blogspot.com/2010/11/late-this-afternoon-i-went-outside-to.html
Thanks, Sheryl. Definitely need to add that variety!
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