Garden butterflies

[Jersey Devil]

The link below may help you @Meadowlark. I read the magazine in magazine form not on the internet so I won't log in or subscribe.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/monarch-butterflies-oyamel-forests-migration

Awesome photo

 

[Zigs]

Saw this Brimstone Butterfly warming up in the sun

 

[Anniekay]

I saw two of these yesterday. They're called Mourning Cloak butterflies and you only see them when it's cool outside. By the time it gets hot I have no idea where they go but, they disappear. Winter and spring, they're around.

 

[Zigs]

Cor, brilliant Annie

I recognised that straight away, we call them Camberwell Beauty over here. Think I've only seen one once in real life though

They probably find hollow trees or somewhere when it's too hot. Our Peacock butterflies used to hang on the ceiling in my pill box.

 

[Jersey Devil]

They're called Mourning Cloak butterflies

Great pics. I am a big fan of 1950's monster movies. That one on the right would make a great creature

 

[Anniekay]

Great pics. I am a big fan of 1950's monster movies. That one on the right would make a great creature

That pic came off the Web !!

 

[Meadowlark]

A privilege to revisit this thread freed from witness protection. One of the last visitors to my butterfly garden last fall was the Texas Cresent.

I'm eagerly awaiting the return of butterflys spring 2025. I have some surprises planned for them including, coneflowers, black-eyed susans, various milkweeds, butterfly bushes, etc. etc. Looking forward to their return.