#62959
July 27th, 2006 at 07:34 AM
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I've had tons of beautiful butterflies on my butterfly bushes this week - they just amaze me! I could watch them for hours... Monarchs ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/LynneNY/outdoor%20friends2/monarch37-26-06.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/LynneNY/outdoor%20friends2/monarch27-26-06.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/LynneNY/outdoor%20friends2/monarch7-26-06.jpg)
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#62960
July 27th, 2006 at 07:36 AM
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Tons and tons of yellow tiger swallowtails, but they don't like to sit still long enough for me to take pictures. ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/LynneNY/outdoor%20friends2/yellowtiger7-26-06.jpg)
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#62961
July 27th, 2006 at 07:37 AM
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Those are quite beautiful! I believe that is a Monarch.
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#62962
July 27th, 2006 at 07:47 AM
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Thanks, Thorny! Yup... that's what I said... Monarch! 
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#62963
July 27th, 2006 at 08:01 AM
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ahh gorgeous! I love taking photos of butterflies. Looks like yours was very co-operative!
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#62964
July 27th, 2006 at 08:31 AM
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Very nice!! I can't get my camera up fast enough to catch any of mine...
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#62965
July 27th, 2006 at 09:05 AM
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The Bird Man
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Tonya, do like I do and cover your flowers with glue. They CAN'T leave then even if they want to.
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#62966
July 27th, 2006 at 12:15 PM
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Very pretty!! I can't get a picture of those they are too fast and I have to get so close because of no zoom.
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#62967
July 27th, 2006 at 12:24 PM
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#62968
July 27th, 2006 at 01:16 PM
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Love them Lynne, my neighbor has a butterfly bush right on the border of my property and it is always loaded with Monarchs and other butteflies....just love seeing them!
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#62969
July 27th, 2006 at 04:40 PM
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The Bird Man
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Butterflies likes me Zinnias and Balsams.
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#62970
July 27th, 2006 at 08:10 PM
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Pretty butterflies Lynne
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#62971
July 27th, 2006 at 09:08 PM
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Those are some beautiful butterflies and also some beautiful flowers, Lynne! Good job and great pictures!  I can't get any good pictures of my butterflies because when I get too close they fly away.  You must have quite a good zoom lens on your camera. 
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#62972
July 29th, 2006 at 04:25 AM
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Tonya, do like I do and cover your flowers with glue. They CAN'T leave then even if they want to. whatEVER!!!! 
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#62973
July 29th, 2006 at 04:59 AM
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The Bird Man
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I DON'T do that! I just wait patiently for HOURS on end by a vacant flower for a butterfly to appear.
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#62974
July 30th, 2006 at 12:42 AM
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Yesterday I actually had a WHOLE afternoon off. I was like a kid at recess! No place I had to be, nothing scheduled, no one needing me for anything! So, I went to a pretty lake in our neighborhood that had a ton of "swamp" milkweed in bloom right next to the water's edge. It was just alive with butterflies. What a refreshing, peaceful way to spend an hour - watching them dance all over from plant to plant.
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#62975
July 30th, 2006 at 05:48 AM
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Oh that sounds very peaceful!
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#62976
July 30th, 2006 at 07:26 AM
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Oh Sandy, what a dream day!  I guess it must be a lot cooler in Michigan than it is down here in Illinois. :rolleyes: Although we had some pretty decent days last week, so I can't complain. I've noticed a lot less butterflies on my bush when it's this hot,  but they were pleantiful when it was a little cooler.
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#62977
August 1st, 2006 at 05:37 AM
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Yep - it was great. I didn't realize how badly I needed a break until I took one!! Today, though, it's just miserable hot. High 90s with stiffling humidity. Oh well, this too shall pass.
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#62978
August 21st, 2006 at 11:26 PM
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Those are gorgeous Lynne... I have a couple of Monarchs here, they like to visit my Verbena Bonariensis plants.. *and the Milkweed right next to it* I had two baby monarchs on them, and we were watchin' them, but I don't see them anymore.. so either a bird got'em  or they grew up real fast and I missed it all...  :p Thanks for those pretty pictures...
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