Since this is Spring I thought it would be nice to list Thirteen Butterflies seen in our garden:
1. Tiny Sootywing butterfly
2. Citrus Dog, Orange Dogs, Giant Swallowtails.
3. Mourning Cloak
4. California Skipper
5. California Hairstreak
6. Western Swallowtail
7. Monarch
8. Gulf Fritillary
9. Cloudless Sulfur
10. California Dogface
11. Cabbage White
12. Clouded Sulfur
13. Western Pygmy Blue and also HERE
1. Tiny Sootywing butterfly
3. Mourning Cloak
4. California Skipper
5. California Hairstreak
6. Western Swallowtail
Wikipedia |
7. Monarch
8. Gulf Fritillary
From Gene Hanson's lovely page. |
9. Cloudless Sulfur
10. California Dogface
11. Cabbage White
12. Clouded Sulfur
13. Western Pygmy Blue and also HERE
All we get here is black and yellow swallowtail and an occasional fritillarry.
ReplyDeleteI explained in the next post why we get so many, Colleen. But you can do some planting that will attract them. Something to build with the grandkids? 🦋 It's good for the heart's ease. Hugs 😍
DeleteHow beautiful. I have a couple of plants that are supposed to attract butterflies.
ReplyDeleteThey will put you on their radar. Some of ours, the tiny sooties, are looking for the huge geranium patch we removed last fall, poor things.
DeleteThese are lovely, although the person who named the California Dogface must be hit with wet noodles for coming up with that name. Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteI agree! It's a beautiful butterfly!
DeleteThose are beautiful! I especially love the California Dogface and the Mourning Cloak. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed all the lovelies. They move too fast for me to get decent snaps, but it's a comfort to know other people take fantastic shots.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!! Never heard of the dogface. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteAn unfortunate name for a beautiful butterfly. It's a beauty!
ReplyDeleteTiny sootwing, mourning cloak, california skipper, gulf fritillary, cloudless sulfur, cabbage white, and clouded sulfur are also native here.
ReplyDeleteOur butterfly population has dropped severely the last 2-3 years. I do what I can with planting, even collection caterpillars and raising them before releasing, but it's a fight against windmills (or Monsanto).