Monday, September 25, 2017

Painted Ladies

The Sedum has attracted the Painted Ladies and some of her friends.
Painted Lady Such a pretty little butterfly.
undeside of a Painted Lady
The underside of her wings. 
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She shared a spot with a Bumble Bee.
I planted this Sedum about 19 years ago along my garage.  It used to be just covered with Bumble Bees in the Fall…
Two Bumble Bees
Not so much this year. I think that is a Common Eastern Bumble Bee on the left and a Red Belted Bumble Bee on the right.
We just don’t have bees like we used to.
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14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good Morning, Pretty photos. I love sedum plants but we don't currently have any in our yard. Such a treat to enjoy your beautiful butterflies.

Cynthia said...

What a beauty. How did you get so close? They won't stay still for me.

Sam I Am...... said...

You even know your bees? You are amazing! I couldn't tell one from another except for yellow jackets and sweat bees. I have a volunteer pumpkin plant again this year (could it be because I throw the rotten ones off the front porch into the grass? LOL!). The bees are all over those flowers! Happy to see it! YOur sedum is so pretty.

linda m said...

Pretty photos. I have noticed a lack of bees this year also. That really scares me.

Pauline Persing said...

We've noted the lack of butterflies on the Butterfly Transect this year. We've had three walks when we didn't see one. First year out of the five we have been walking that this has happened.

Our county parks district is putting together an educational program for the schools about our pollinators and what we can do to increase their numbers.

DJan said...

I hope our bees will recover and be numerous once again. Thanks for the pretty painted ladies pictures, too. :-)

Rita said...

What a pretty butterfly. Too bad about the bees. Kind of scary there are so fee of them these days.

Linda W. said...

Beautiful butterflies, and great photos!

Red said...

You're trying hard to attract with sedum.

Granny Marigold said...

Painted Ladies are the only Butterfly we seem to get aside from the Cabbage Whites. Sedum does attract them, doesn't it.

Linda Reeder said...

I'll have to check my sedums when the sun comes out tomorrow, but I fear you are right about the bees. We don't have as many either.

Lady Fi said...

Gorgeous shots.

Henny Penny said...

The sedum is so pretty. We don't have many bees now either.

L. D. said...

Someone in our neighborhood of modern people has bees. They show a photo of two hives set up inside of a small metal shed in their suburbia back yard. I don't know where they are but I have seen honey bees on flowers here. My friend in Woodward made all my fruit trees have fruit with his bees bring around.