For the last two weeks, my butterfly garden has been inundated with a variety of butterflies and a plethora of bees. These are Monarchs.
Anything you wish to comment upon.
Is this a composite: No
F/8, D500, 200-50 @500, 1/1250, ISO 800
Top, bottom and side views - not bad for one plant! We call the buddleia the butterfly bush. Is this an orange buddleia?
I am not sure. The plant was given to me by a neighbor who swore it would attract butterflies, and she was right.
A little feeding frenzy! Nice. Most of our butterflies are gone. I saw one flapping around yesterday, but don’t know what it was. Probably an over-winterer. A few moths still fluttering, too, but not for long. Nice that southerners can still share what they have.
It turned cold last Friday and now, like you up north, ours too have gone south to warmer climes.
Chris, what a nice cluster of Monarchs! I have managed in times past to capture a photo of two on one flower, but never three, so this is impressive. Almost like a flower bloom of butterflies the way they are grouped together. Sorry to hear that they have left your area too.
