More butterflies and plants from our garden

Gray Hairstreak nectaring on Myoporum (2 June 2005) (L); a Great Purple Hairstreak basking on gravel (25 Feb 2006) (R)

Marine Blue feeding on Myoporum (27 May 2005)

Reakirt's Blue (17 Nov 2005) (L), Spring Azure (18 Nov 2005) (Center), and Acmon Blue (13 Nov 2005) (R). All are feeding on the shrub Dalea bicolor, an excellent source of fall nectar.

       Creamy Stripe-streak, a rare visitor to the U.S., nectars on a mat of Myoporum          (3 June 2005)

Leda Ministreaks: Winter morph nectaring on Dalea bicolor (19 Nov 2005) (L); a late summer morph on Salvia leucantha (12 Nov 2004) (R)

Fatal Metalmark nectaring on Mt. Lemmon Marigold (2 November 2006)

Zela Metalmark nectaring on Buddleia davidii, one of the most productive butterfly attractants (8 July 2004); a worn Mormon Metalmark suns on grasses (4 May 2005)

Ares Metalmark (a crab spider victim) on Buddleia (20 September 2006)

An Elada Checkerspot nectars on vine milkweed (24 July 2006)

Tiny Checkerspot on Chocolate Flower (28 September 2006)

A Texan Crescent sunning on Buddleia (31 October 2006)

A Mylitta Crescent nectars on Pink Chintz Thyme (2 November 2006)

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