Your garden is beautiful!
Is that a zebra longwing I see nectaring on the yellow lantana?
Sherry

Incredible eyes MissSherry! I was squinting and squinting; then gave up and read your post--saw it right away then.

Pretty garden!

Kevabear,

You're off to a great start. Good luck with your gardening and your butterflies.

Bernergrrl,

I'm with you!!!!! regarding MissSherry's incredible eyesight. But unlike you, it took me about a minute to find it even after knowing the area to focus on.

mike

Thanks very much. I am really enjoying it and watching it grow. I didn't know the name of that butterfly, I've seen a few of them. Hopefully some day my back yard will be full of them.
Lauri

Beautiful! Is that a birdbath filled with wet sand for the butterflies? Do they use it? What kind of sand did you use? I'd like to put something like that in my garden as well.

Yes that is a birdbath filled with wet sand for butterflies. I have had just water in it up until a couple days ago and I haven't been home to watch to see if they use it. I want to put some fruit out there in it for them too. I don't know what kind of sand it is. A few years ago they were building a new house in our neighborhood and there was a HUGE pile of sand. So I brought some home. It's white, that's all I know about it. I'm wondering if there is a certain sand they like better than others. Might make for a good post, but gotta get to work now.
Lauri