Pollinators in the backyard today

[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

[arnorrian]

Lovely.

[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.

[SpookyShoe]

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!

[Growing Coastal]

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

[SpookyShoe]

Asclepias curassavica...tropical milkweed.

[PlainJane]

Wonderful Donna! Love your plants!

[SpookyShoe]

I didn't know bees liked snapdragon, a winter flower here.

[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.

[Growing Coastal]

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

[MsCowpea]

Beautiful. And that shot with the butterfly and caterpillar is really great. But bees are my favorite.

[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.

[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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[MissS]

@SpookyShoe that is a Long-Tailed Skipper.

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[PlainJane]

I’ve got tons of those in my garden …

[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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Honeybee visiting Sungold.

[karstopography]

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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.