in the blue pot

Pretty Much Picasso, supertunia

blue & lilac verbena

flutterby flutterby

Monarch
Danaus plexippus

Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) & a Monarch

In the vegetable greenhouse, on the strawberry plants

4 June 2012

Butterflies flutter by

I found this
Painted Lady butterfly
on the marigolds

happy to pose
made me long for cute bobbly antenna

A Red Admiral
on a verbena bloom

I chased Monarchs all around the greenhouse today
None would pose for a shot
This one hid in the Bidens
On the highest hanging basket
No zoom lens in my pocket, just an iPhone

Red Admiral

Red Admiral
butterfly
VANESSA ATLANTA

A beneficial garden (in this case, greenhouse) bug, Red Admiral feasts on the sweet nectar of fruit trees and plants. Migratory, and common in the northern hemisphere, these pretty little pollinators are making news all over Ontario this spring, arriving earlier than recent years, and in great numbers. A sign that summer is right around the corner.

Red Admiral
on Giant Bacopa
at Bill Martin's Garden Centre