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Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 2:15 pm
by SpookyShoe
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.
Donna, zone 9, Texas Gulf Coast
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 2:25 pm
by arnorrian
Lovely.
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 2:40 pm
by Growing Coastal
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.
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 3:13 pm
by SpookyShoe
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!
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 3:23 pm
by Growing Coastal
That's funny and fun when it happens. It's a great shot.
What plant is it on?
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 4:00 pm
by SpookyShoe
Asclepias curassavica...tropical milkweed.
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 11:06 am
by PlainJane
Wonderful Donna! Love your plants!
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today (Sat.)
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 1:46 pm
by SpookyShoe
I didn't know bees liked snapdragon, a winter flower here.
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 2:12 pm
by MissS
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.
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 3:02 pm
by Growing Coastal
I don't recall seeing a snapdragon that colour before. Nice. I have admired that pot in another photo, as well.
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 4:21 pm
by MsCowpea
Beautiful. And that shot with the butterfly and caterpillar is really great. But bees are my favorite.
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:10 pm
by karstopography
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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.
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 7:37 pm
by SpookyShoe
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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Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 8:11 pm
by MissS
@SpookyShoe that is a Long-Tailed Skipper.
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Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 8:23 pm
by PlainJane
I’ve got tons of those in my garden …
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:49 pm
by SpookyShoe
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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Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:04 pm
by karstopography
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Honeybee visiting Sungold.
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 9:18 pm
by karstopography
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Eastern Comma made an appearance in the garden today.
Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 2:26 pm
by karstopography
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Re: Pollinators in the backyard today
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 2:28 pm
by karstopography
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Black swallowtail caterpillar devouring the dill.
Tiger swallowtail butterfly loving the Zinnias.