I spotted this beautiful butterfly yesterday. He seemed to be moving slowly....so I wasn't sure if he was just emerging into life as a butterfly , or perhaps hurt. I just took his picture and left him to walk around on the pachy sandra. Speaking of pachy sandra. I bought a flat of this ground cover when I lived in town. Brought some out here to the farm.From that one flat I have grown a major crop of this stuff. It's hardy. Fast growing , great for borders. Not invasive. In the fall it gets yellow flowers on it. I really like it. xo
Beautiful butterfly!! We are going tomorrow to get the rest of our plants. I have Mexican heather and Texas Sage that comes back year after year. I also have one ground cover that has grown wild! I love it when that happens!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful creature!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous butterfly! I hope you are having a good Wednesday! xo Nellie
ReplyDeletethe back of him looks like eyes, i bet that is to scare off predators. nature is amazing!
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xoxo
Do you know what kind of butterfly it is? I'm afraid I don't know my butterflies. Someday I'm going to get one of those little identification books but until then I do love to watch the lovely things.
ReplyDeletei haven't had a black swallowtail yet this year. of course, my butterfly bushes barely have leaves on them.
ReplyDeleteI love butterflies and have lots of collectibles with butterflies and a friend gave us a butterfly bush for our new yard. Your photo is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a long time since I saw a black Swallowtail butterfly, mostly the yellow ones that visit here.
ReplyDeleteIsn't he handsome !
Beautiful shot !
~Jo
Love the butterfly picture. I know that ground cover and it's a real beauty.
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Jann
Oh how beautiful! I hope we get some this year, too!
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful. Hope he was just "beginning." :-)
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