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Monday, October 1, 2012

Wildflowers and Butterflies

American Painted Lady and Dalea Pinnata 



Honey bee and Bumble bee with Dalea Pinnata


Wasp pollinator

Coupla skippers




 The agalinis pupurea are putting on a very nice show.

 My drive-way

Sulphur butterfly visits the agalinis.

 Monarch imatator....
Viceroy butterfly enjoying an over-ripe pear

 Patch of switch grass

 Helianthus Angustifolius

 Hibiscus sabdariffa

Very dark gulf fritillary...

 

4 Comments:

Anonymous Randy Hyden said...

Great Pictures and a very interesting blog. I share your drought plagued situation here in east Central Texas and will read all of your posts with interest.

October 2, 2012 at 3:53 PM  
Blogger oldwhitelady said...

Your pictures are beautiful. It's nice that you give us the names of the plants, butterflies, and such. You sure have a lot of color in your neck of the woods.

October 14, 2012 at 9:37 PM  
Blogger sharon said...

I can never get a sulfer to hold still!!! Ill bet those lovely whites wont grow in zone 9 sigh

October 25, 2012 at 5:54 PM  
Blogger Gardens-In-The-Sand said...

I posted some additional suphurs for you, Sharon... You also might enjoy the cloudless sulphur post where I showed them depositing eggs on their host plants.
I have tons of cloudless sulphurs this Autumn, after growing coffee weed and partridge peas for them.
I suspect that you could grow delea pinnata in Florida if tou have a dry sandy location. Problem is that "summer's end" doesn't bloom long.

October 26, 2012 at 8:03 AM  

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