Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Another Day, Another Proboscis
Now that I've started looking, I'm finding butterfly proboscides everywhere. I was trying to get a decent picture of a Monarch butterfly that was feeding on a Eupatorium coelestinum, and this skipper stopped by for a drink. They're kind of cute with those big eyes, aren't they?
Speaking of Eupatorium coelestinum, I seem to have planted another pretty weed. Why didn't I research this before planting it?
2 Comments:
Very nice!
Believe it or not, I am still finding Japanese beetles. Picked about ten off various plants today.
On the plus side, I presently seem to have good numbers of monarchs in all phases--eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, and adults--in my yard. So at least if I'm going to have lots of bad bugs, I've got some good ones to go with them. At least that is what I keep telling myself.
No Japanese Beetles here, thankfully. So sorry to hear they're still active in your garden :-(
But how nice to have monarchs! I rarely see them here. Lately the most numerous big butterflies here seem to be the Red-spotted Purples, with an occasional Swallowtail. Lots of smaller butterflies too.
Love the Red Admiral on your blog, and what an amazingly good hummingbird picture!
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