Lovely Butterflies In My Garden Today

[Boudicca]

Butterflies in my flower bed

[PaPaLarry]

Butterflies in my flower bed
Seems like we are seeing more butterflies this year, then in any year I can remember. Nice to watch. Your pictures are lovely

[cbv0211]

Butterflies in my flower bed
I'm starting a butterfly garden -- what are the flowers in your photos?? Your photos are beautiful.

[BritParrothead]

Beautiful!!

[Trish Miller]

WOW!!!!! Beautiful!!!!!!!

[kittygilchrist]

Orange Butterflies ID Guide | Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit | Florida Museum (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflyguide/orange.htm)

what's your secret for photographing? telephoto? well done.

[kittygilchrist]

https://www.google.com/search?q=butterfly+florida+fritillary&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=MI_5UYfMOIL69QSVsoHYCw&ved=0CEMQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=768#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=Mayve7zgBnslTM%3A%3BMXMuAshOd26hUM%3Bhttp%25 3A%252F%252Fnaturetime.files.wordpress.com%252F201 2%252F10%252Fgulf-fritillary.jpg%253Fw%253D890%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252F naturetime.wordpress.com%252F2012%252F10%252F09%25 2Ffall-is-butterfly-season-in-florida%252Fgulf-fritillary%252F%3B890%3B890

[buggyone]

Butterflies in my flower bed

Excellent pictures of Gulf Fritillaries! Their host plant are passionflower vines.

[mojoe]

So beautiful. Amazing photography.

[graciegirl]

What you capture with your camera is well beyond photography.

You have the soul of a fine artist and I relish looking at your photographs.

You are just amazing.

[perrjojo]

Excellent pictures of Gulf Fritillaries! Their host plant are passionflower vines.
Yes, I am now sacrificing my passionflower to the caterpillars but love watching the butterflies flutter around.

[kittygilchrist]

well said, Gracie.

[cquick]

It has been a great year for butterflies. Of course,I didn't have any nectar or host plants last year. I have had some black swallowtails lay eggs on my fennel, but I don't have enough, and a couple plants died. Something is eating the caterpillars, I guess geckos.

[cquick]

Yes, I am now sacrificing my passionflower to the caterpillars but love watching the butterflies flutter around.

my poor passionflower isn't thriving either. I probably have to move it to a sunnier spot

[Schaumburger]

Lovely photos! The creator at work. Thank you posting them.

[Boudicca]

The flowers are zinnias a dollar a pack from the dollar store :)

[Boudicca]

Ah, Gracie, thank you for your kind and generous compliments. I am LOVING using a camera as my artist's pallet now that I can no longer paint. I am also learning the art of (sigh) patience.............

[Lpierleo]

Absolutely beautiful photography. Thanks for sharing your talent and the butterflies.

[Boudicca]

My last oil painting before my vision took a nose dive, but I think it was a happy accident as I am having more rewarding personal results from photography

[Schaumburger]

My last oil painting before my vision took a nose dive, but I think it was a happy accident as I am having more rewarding personal results from photography

What a beautiful painting. What mountain range is this?

[BarryRX]

Butterflies in my flower bed

Suitable for framing!

[perrjojo]

my poor passionflower isn't thriving either. I probably have to move it to a sunnier spot

Mine is thriving but the caterpillars are devouring it. I could spray but would rather see the butterflies flourish.

[cquick]

Mine is thriving but the caterpillars are devouring it. I could spray but would rather see the butterflies flourish.

OH NO, Please don't spray! The gulf frittillary uses the passion flower as a host plant. The caterpillars NEED you!

[Boudicca]

I use Dollar Store Zinnia seeds for an attractive show of blooms, which also attract butterflies. The flowers are colorful and compliment the landscaping, but the influx of beautiful butterflies and dragonflies, is a bonus

[kittygilchrist]

I use Dollar Store Zinnia seeds for an attractive show of blooms, which also attract butterflies. The flowers are colorful and compliment the landscaping, but the influx of beautiful butterflies and dragonflies, is a bonus

amazing. those zinnias make nice cut flowers too but you probably can't take them away from the bflies. I've got milkweed and have monarchs daily. The caterpillars are being eaten.. birds and the bumper crop of frogs. well it's a good thing I'm not in charge of nature. It would be nuts deciding who doesn't get to eat.
thanks for growing host plants for the primary purpose of caterpillars harvesting them.
is there a group of lepidopterophiles (is that a word?) in TV?

[perrjojo]

OH NO, Please don't spray! The gulf frittillary uses the passion flower as a host plant. The caterpillars NEED you!

Yes, I know, that is why my plant is riddled with holes and ragged leaves.

[Boudicca]

Kitty, I sit patiently and wait for the right moment to take a shot . My camera is simple and it's one close up feature is a manually operated to a 4 x 15 close up. Mostly it's patience :)

[Boudicca]

Schaumburg, the mountains in my oil painting were based on my memories of the Alps. I used a pallet knife to create the rock effect

[kittygilchrist]

Kitty, I simply sit patiently and wait for the right moment to take a shot . My camera is simple and one close up feature manually operated to a 4 x 15 close up. Mostly it's patience :)

oh, I could never do that. thanks.

[Uptown Girl]

Kitty, I simply sit patiently and wait for the right moment to take a shot . My camera is simple and one close up feature manually operated to a 4 x 15 close up. Mostly it's patience :)

Your patience is our reward. I always enjoy your photos :eclipsee_gold_cup:

[Boudicca]

Arrrggghhh :( my camera battery "died" and needs re-charging just as a "swarm" of butterflies arrived in my zinnia garden...

[perrjojo]

Oh no! Today I noticed the wasps were eating the Gulf Fritillary caterpillars on my Passion flower vine. Mother Nature can be so harsh.