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Butterflies are back!
- mulanchar
- Mar 28, 2022
- 1 min read
Hooray, it's Spring!
The front yard is bright with native plants in shades of purple, lavender and orange.
Shortly after the blooming starts, the butterflies arrive.
Above is a photo of a Painted Lady on a cluster of blossoms on the Verbena de la Mina shrub.
It appears to be a West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella. Note its curved proboscis as it sips nectar from a blossom.
Here a Monarch butterfly sips nectar from the same Verbena de la Mina shrub.
The Verbena de la Mina is such a hardy California native shrub that blooms all year round.
It's one of my favorites because it provides for so many butterflies and bees.
A Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae resting on leaves of a naked buckwheat plant, as it enjoys the warmth of the sun.
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