Pollinators in the backyard today

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Pollinators in the backyard today

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Post: # 682Unread post SpookyShoe
Fri Dec 13, 2019 2:15 pm

Monarch on milkweed, bees on pentas and basil, fly? on English daisy. If you can grow pentas, grow a lot of them. They attract the trifecta: hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees.

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Fri Dec 13, 2019 2:25 pm

Lovely.
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Fri Dec 13, 2019 2:40 pm

Cute little flier in the 1st image and the horns of the caterpillar under the leaf above the butterfly is a great catch. The blue basil suits your pollinators well while it didn't here. I think that's weird but I don't think like an insect.
Nice seeing yours while ours are asleep for the winter.

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Fri Dec 13, 2019 3:13 pm

Growing Coastal wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2019 2:40 pm Cute little flier in the 1st image and the horns of the caterpillar under the leaf above the butterfly is a great catch. The blue basil suits your pollinators well while it didn't here. I think that's weird but I don't think like an insect.
Nice seeing yours while ours are asleep for the winter.
I didn't notice that there was a caterpillar on the underside of a leaf!
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Fri Dec 13, 2019 3:23 pm

That's funny and fun when it happens. It's a great shot.
What plant is it on?

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Fri Dec 13, 2019 4:00 pm

Asclepias curassavica...tropical milkweed.
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Sat Dec 14, 2019 11:06 am

Wonderful Donna! Love your plants!
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Post: # 943Unread post SpookyShoe
Sat Dec 14, 2019 1:46 pm

I didn't know bees liked snapdragon, a winter flower here.
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Sat Dec 14, 2019 2:12 pm

I love snap dragons. Sometimes they will even over-winter here. They are easy from seed too.
That's a pretty pot that you have the Penta in.
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Sat Dec 14, 2019 3:02 pm

I don't recall seeing a snapdragon that colour before. Nice. I have admired that pot in another photo, as well.

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Tue Dec 17, 2019 4:21 pm

Beautiful. And that shot with the butterfly and caterpillar is really great. But bees are my favorite.
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Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:10 pm

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Thorny Elaeagnus, Silverberry has the honey bees full attention now. Very fragrant, these blooms.
Gulf Fritillary attracted to Zinnias, so are the bumble bees.
Broad headed bug nymph mimicking an ant.
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Post: # 59067Unread post SpookyShoe
Sun Dec 12, 2021 7:37 pm

Does anyone know what this is called? This type never sits still long enough for me to get any good photos.
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Sun Dec 12, 2021 8:11 pm

@SpookyShoe that is a Long-Tailed Skipper.
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Sun Dec 12, 2021 8:23 pm

I’ve got tons of those in my garden …
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Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:49 pm

I got a better shot of the Long Tail Skipper and you can see how the body is a beautiful aqua color.
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Honeybee visiting Sungold.
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Fri May 05, 2023 9:18 pm

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Eastern Comma made an appearance in the garden today.
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Black swallowtail caterpillar devouring the dill.

Tiger swallowtail butterfly loving the Zinnias.
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