Butterfly pictures

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  1. Sherry8

    Sherry8 I Love Birds!

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    My flower beds have been busy with a lot of butterflys loving the coneflowers and many other flowers....I love seeing all the action when I look out my window...

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  3. Sherry8

    Sherry8 I Love Birds!

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    Sherry8 I Love Birds!

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    You have a few there that we don't see up here
     



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    FlowerFreak22 In Flower Plants Contributor

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    Those are great pictures Sherry! I especially like the second one with the action shot of the Clouded Sulphur flying from Cone Flower to Cone Flower.
     
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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Beautiful shots Sherry. Sadly our weather is so bad that I haven't seen many butterflies here this year at all. :(
     
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    Just wonderful! You captured the action perfectly. I like that 2nd one too, but they are all great. The daisies, I just like them all.
     
  9. Sherry8

    Sherry8 I Love Birds!

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    Thank you everyone...My favorite is the one in flight.
     
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    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    I love them all but the one in flight is wonderful.
     
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    gfreiherr Young Pine

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    Lovely photos of the butterflies, I like the two red admirals on the coneflowers. Looks like that are loving all your beautiful flowers.
     
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    kaseylib Young Pine

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    Looks great! The coneflowers are blooming in my yard too and are attracting lots of butterflies. I also let the wild milkweed grow (in all areas except in my walkways, it grows like a weed!) and my yard is full of Monarchs. Love this time of year! Have you had a lot of rain by you too? We're having a wet summer, after 9 years of drought, and my gardens have never looked so good...
     
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    bsewnsew Hardy Maple

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    They ae all just great.
    Love the butterflys an flowers too.

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  14. Sherry8

    Sherry8 I Love Birds!

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    Kaseylib....yes, we have had plenty of rain and more tomorrow. I think we are hitting the full mark though ...so many basements flooding and streets.

    Not many Monarchs around so far...a few flying through fast. I can't figure out why. I did get only 1 picture of them so far.
     
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    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    What a magnificent selection of flower and butterfly pics!
    I could just look and look and look.
     
  16. bsewnsew

    bsewnsew Hardy Maple

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    Sure Sjoerd,

    Why spend money on magazines, you have us here to look at.. Tee hee.

    Thanks for lookin an lookin.

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