Doubles Anyone? Show us your pics of multiple butterflies.

Here's a few Silver Spotted Skippers.

And again...

Those are good!

Sweet! You had a double of SSS last week didn't you nanny? Need to post it here.

Oh yes I did ..let me find it...here we go!

I love those skippers.

here are a pair of Painted Ladies.

pretty and so is your sedum!!

Thanks. You know it's funny, Last spring I divided these almost in half. But here they are falling over again like they need split.

Monarch and Painted Lady

2 Monarchs

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i am SO getting that new england aster, Jmorth! I bet it would look good with Goldenrod

single

You are so right Mrs Ed.

DROOL!

another aster w/ goldenrod

Nice. Do you cut your asters back early in the season at all? Looks like they are pretty tall so i'd think not.

3 Painted Ladies

Asters around 5-6', Goldenrod 6-7'. No cut backs.

Jmorth - Nice triple. I admire your yard, with the big plants, but it's well worth it come Aug and Sept!!! I actually went collecting seed last year of wild Thistles (you know - very spiney weed) but the flowers and seeds are so much sought after by the BF and birds. I'll have to wait until next year before it will bloom looks like.

Nanny -- great double of the SSS on the pretty goldenrod. Looks like Jmorth has got his goldenrod going on too. Another wildflower that I need to bring in to my own garden. The Skippers are so easy to photograph.

Mrs Ed -- I have yet to track down some Sedum, but every picture I see of Sedum, is always filled with BF and bugs. Great Pic.

Onalee, Great Cloud of Sulphurs!!!! That is fantastic.

LindaTX8, Thanks for remembering this thread!!!! Thanks for sharing your pics with us.

(Sorry to take away from the great pictures, but I just wanted to say thanks)

Thanks to everyone for sharing.

BTW Mrs Ed, did you notice this pic was a double? :)

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=5574376

ha!!!

sneaky...lol!

I shiould have bought that aster I saw at Menards!!

A couple of Painted Ladies...

A Painted Lady, and a Gulf Frit behind...

D'oh! Sneaky little bee indeed.

I saw some asters at the grocery store in their fall perennials. And I'm going to menards today. I think I'll have to pick some up. NO reason why I have to wait until spring!!

A couple of skippers...are they possibly male and female?

and a gray hairstreak (I think)....still learning.

oops, wrong thread...my bad.

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Here, a Painted Lady disrupts a Sunning Silver Spotted Skipper, and then quickly moves on to the next flower...

I don't know if those skippers are male and female, but I've seen pairs of skippers doing a mating ritual. It involve the female perched somewhere with the male watching nearby. Suddenly rapid-fire flurries of wing flapping by the female invites the male to move closer. The male also does some wing flapping once he's behind her. This can go on for a while before the mating begins. If I had a camera that allows some fairly close-up shots without me getting close to them, I'd have photos. But they don't appreciate anyone getting close to them then and I don't blame them a bit.

There was certainly a lot of rapid flitting around. I will try to observe more closely next time to see if there is a pattern as you've described. Thank you, Linda.

Sorry about the graininess.

Silver-spotted skippers

And… I thought this was interesting. Two different sulphurs. Each decided to open wings at different times.

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Now if someone would come along and tell us which is which! LOL! Those sulphurs are tricky.

Ya I know! Don't ask me!

Had to jump in and share.. These two came to visit after Fay tore through our area...

Donna C

those are COOL.

Thanks for sharing.
Definitely a double..... :)
Giant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia)
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/587/

I've got a question....
well..... maybe two questions..... :)