Swallowtails really really love my rhododendrons. I counted about a dozen of them working four plants at one a few weeks ago.
I expect some monarchs soon, I see a couple eggs on some milkweeds. The black and blue butterflies I'm looking forward to this year, some of them are very cobalt.
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Pink lemonades are v cool. Never seen one outside a preserve tho
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Lucky
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This marsey is slightly creepy
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Here's some hopping fluts.
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I don't get enough butterflies in my garden. I've planted a bunch of stuff to try and attract them, along with hummingbirds and bees, but I've only seen a couple so far this year.
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Depending on where you are the season might have been delayed a bit bc of where we are in social cycle 25. a lot of my plants that come out by Memorial Day have bloomed around now so the bugs come with them
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The Madagascan sunset moth is the GOAT.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/322801-Chrysiridia-rhipheus/browse_photos
Anyone who disagrees is wrong.
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I stan for our hummingbird moths around here which are very strange and spooky but video can't capture how fast their wings are
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I love swallowtails first time I saw one i thought it was a small bird! frickers are so big!!
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what that mimic just did to me...
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Ya. It's weird watching them flut up close bc they're so nimble for the size
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their huge wings is why their so fast ironically
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Ya they fast and super light. Much lighter than the fritillaries I normally have all over the yard. The difference must be in microns but you can feel it when they land on your hand or shirt
Butterflies love white tshirts btw. If you're not a sweaty person the will often land and on white fabrics to rest
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Another proof of the world is made in a lovely way
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rhododendrons are so gorgeous, my mom planted them and lilac trees by our backdoor it was so lovely and the smell
they need to invent a cherry blossom that blooms all year
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