Florida Gardening: S FL Galloping Gardeners 2007-10-22, 1 by artcons

artcons wrote:
Hi Lucy,
Just mentioning the rain, not trying to rub it in. Usually my yard is as dry as it gets. The past few days rain has been coming in off the ocean and it's making it to my house, a rariety.

Another picture "hot out of the yard" An Atala b'fly had just emerged and made it's first flight, after it saw me, to this Key Thatch Palm, Thrinax morrisii, a Fla native palm. I took 6 shots, this the best of the bunch. It's on the shady side of the frond otherwise it wouldn't have come out at all. There are 5 or 6 more who's cocoons are turning dark on top. This is where the wing covers up most of the b'fly. Perhaps I will get lucky and catch one coming out of the cocoon.

Art