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Okay, here is a new thread for our daily pics!

Came from here... http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1103949/


RED ADMIRAL...had several yesterday!



This message was edited Jul 1, 2010 11:27 AM

QUESTION MARK

Cabbage White on Rubeckia Goldilocks.

Awesome!

Looks like we're still seeing the same ones!

Red Admiral this morning. I had 6 on the coneflowers and 14 on the bait station! unbelievable.

Awesome!

Looks like we're still seeing the same ones!

Red Admiral this morning. I had 6 on the coneflowers and 14 on the bait station! unbelievable.

EEEK, that was a weird double post thing!

Here's the bait station.

Wow! Nan, those are beautiful! Please keep 'em pics. coming for I haven't gotten that many here--yet. I saw this one the other day. It was a tinsy little one, but it's a pretty sight to see.

Wow! (I'm running out of explatives--please forgive me). Marna, what's all in that "bait station" please, please share the recipe.

Wow...that is cool Marna!!

I have this little one that I have to try to ID. Not a great pic of it.

Question Mark with a friend!

Great shots everyone!! Where are my red admirals??? I have only seen one earlier this year.
My piggy Pipevines still have not pupated!!! Feeding them once more tomorrow morning and that is it!

LOL Kim, that bait station is only rotting melon. I bought two melons, a seedless watermelon, which was yummy, and an Athena Cantaloupe. It was not so good, so I set it out for the butterflies. Now that it is rotting, they are loving it. It was good that I had some because I have not made some brew in a while. The rest is just some watermelon rind. you can put out bananas too. I've also had some luck with pears.

Do you have another pix of that one, Nanny?

BUTTERFLY BAIT RECIPE.....
In case some of you don't know what the bf bait mix is....this is a link from the sticky at the top of this forum.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3702364

oh yah! ha.

Hey shelia, all the red admirals are up at my house! I chuckle every day (when they are landing on me and letting my walk right by them) at how I only saw a couple last year and had such a hard time photographing them.

Grabbed my camera today when the sun came out after three days of wonderful rain.


Gulf Frits were everywhere.

Can't get photos to load right now for some reason.....will try later.

That is the best shot of that one...but have this one. Maybe a Peal Cresent??

This message was edited Jul 1, 2010 7:09 PM

Finally got one to load. This is also a Pearl Crescent I believe.

Those Pearl Crescents are so cute.

here are some i have for today hope you enjoy

same butterfly different shot

another butterfly

and another one

another shot of that same one

and another different one

now the pictures get harder to tell what they are but i want to share to see if you can tell what they are

this one was huge

and the last one orange and black but not a monarch

tlc.....the first two pics are the hackberry emperor.
the next is a skipper maybe a cloudywing.
the three dark butterflies would be Blk ST, or Pipevine ST...but you may not get a definate id from a on-the-wing shot. The last could be a pipevine on the bottle.
The little one on yellow is a skipper but they are way too hard to identify for me.
The final two are what appears to be Tiger STs. I know you said orange but I am not seeing it. If it was indeed orange then it is more likely a Gulf Frit.
I know it is hard with a new camera to be patient and wait for the shot, but you will be more satisifed with your efforts if you do.
The hackberry emperors and the close up of the dark colored skipper is super good shots!!

Since we are talking skippers let me throw this one out for an id.

This message was edited Jul 2, 2010 7:23 AM

This one is a Silver-spotted skipper.

Last one.....

We saw a Silver spotted skipper lay eggs on the Texas wisteria right in front of us the other day.

YAY......My BST eggs have hatched!

Hey Sheila:

Your first skipper is a female Sachem (Atalopedes campestris). The third skipper is a Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala).

Dale Clark
Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society
www.dallasbutterflies.com

Red Admiral

Superstar

I believe this and the one above is the Red Spotted Purple

and one more

yah, nice going on the RSP!
Congrats Nanny, I had a monarch egg hatch today too. Probably more, but I have to look.

Good going TLC!