Great pics of your butterflies. I love the finch on the coneflower. It's no wonder they like your yard, so many beautiful blooms.
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About a month ago we had lots of butterflies but they have all disappeared.
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I mean totally gone. :'(
They were mostly tiger swallowtails, black swallowtails and a few monarchs. It has been very dry here, no rain since mid July, but I keep the flowers watered. I have only seen a couple monarch caterpillars earlier this summer, no chrysalis at all. I have a large area of milkweed planted near our deck. We usually find the chrysalis on the lawn chairs, brick wall, gutters, etc. I usually tag a few of them. So sad not to have any this year. :'(
Karen