Brief Season of Liatris Spicata

For a few weeks the lavender colored blooms of Liatris spicata attracted all sorts of insects to my back yard garden.  Butterflies and bees particularly enjoyed it.  I grew these plants from corms then transplanted them to my garden during early spring.  They grew rapidly and required little care. Little did I know that the field across the road would be full of Liatris spicata blooms!  I may just dig some of those plants up and bring them to my garden next year.  

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope your summer is going well. 

It's been a busy, busy one for me- I need some time off to catch my breath!

Butterflies & Oriental Lilies

May you have a beautiful day, wherever you are.

A Different Perspective

Sometimes we need to look at life from a different perspective...

Flowers:  Blue Salvia and Blue Agapanthus

Butterflies:  Silver-spotted Skipper and an Unidentified Skipper

Insect:  Honey Bee ?

Silver-Spotted Skipper

The Silver-Spotted Skipper is supposedly the most recognized skipper in North America.  The adult has translucent gold spots on the forewings and silvery bands on the hindwings.  Its head is large and brown with two orange dots mimicking eyes.

They're fairly common in my area and I often see them on the pink lantana.  I read that the adults rarely feed on yellow flowers- they prefer blue, red, pink and purple ones.   They frequent edges of forests, swamps, brushy areas, and other open areas where nectar plants are found.