I've had tons of beautiful butterflies on my butterfly bushes this week -
they just amaze me! I could watch them for hours...

Monarchs

Tons and tons of yellow tiger swallowtails, but they don't like to sit still long enough for me to take pictures.

Those are quite beautiful! I believe that is a Monarch.

Thanks, Thorny!
Yup... that's what I said... Monarch!

ahh gorgeous! I love taking photos of butterflies. Looks like yours was very co-operative!

Very nice!! I can't get my camera up fast enough to catch any of mine...

Tonya, do like I do and cover your flowers with glue. They CAN'T leave then even if they want to.

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.
Nancy

Pretty butterflies!

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!

Butterflies likes me Zinnias and Balsams.

Pretty butterflies Lynne

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.

whatEVER!!!!

I DON'T do that! I just wait patiently for HOURS on end by a vacant flower for a butterfly to appear.

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.

Oh that sounds very peaceful!

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.

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.

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...