I was sitting on the porch about an hour ago enjoy our one and only day of sunshine and fair weather when a Monarch butterfly flew over to the butterfly bush which though somewhat battered by yesterday's high winds is still loaded with blooms. Later I found a yellow fuzzy caterpillar on a piece of styrofoam that had been blown into the back yard by yesterdays winds.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Seems to be lots of slowpokes around these days.

Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

I think so Dianne. I just saw the monarch again out on the Butterfly bush. I am sure glad I kept pinching off the faded blooms.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

I am still seeing a few hummingbirds pass through.

Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

Hello Penny,

I took pics of 2 Monarchs in our garden yesterday. We had several varieties still in our gardens yesterday...Orange Sulphurs, Painted Ladies, a Silvery Checkerspot, 2 Cloudless Sulphurs, a Summer Azure and many Skippers. The temp reached the low 70's yesterday. We had them as late as Oct 26th here last year because it was so much warmer right through til November. We didn't have a hard freeze til the evening of November 4th. I even took my last butterfly pic on that day of a Cloudless Sulphur.
As for today, not even a fly buzzing around...temp is in the mid 40's and raw today...Brrrrrrrrrrr


Susan Louise
from Branford CT/ live in Lincoln NE
Zone 5