Magnificent, KV! I have to ask...are all these butterflies flocking to your property, or are you finding these photo ops elsewhere? A little envious! :-)
@bjywamer Hey Barb… the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and the Pipevine Swallowtail came to visit me at home in my pollinator garden… the Monarchs & all the caterpillar shots and many of the other butterflies were photographed at the butterfly exhibit at Smith Gilbert Gardens which is about a 15 minute drive from home. The ETS prefers the Carolina Phlox (also very popular with the bees) and the Pipevine went crazy over the allium.
@kvphoto Thanks, KV! So very interesting! Haven't seen any butterflies here at all. Maybe next year after the butterfly bush I bought gets established... Have only ever gotten one very good photo several summers ago when one landed in the grass by our garden and stayed there for the time it took me to snap several photos. Yours are always so beautiful! I did just hear from a friend that Missoula has an exhibit similar to what you have there. Must check it out one of these days! :-)
@bjywamer it really is amazing to visit the butterfly exhibit and have so many subjects to choose to photograph. The two that visited my home recently hung around and I got a lot of photos of them. The pipevine hardly ever stopped fluttering the wings… the ETS was still much more often. They can be very challenging subjects.
July 17th, 2024
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