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Old July 12, 2018   #121
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Had the good fortune of the state Department of Ag come out and take drone shots of my pollinator planting from last year.
There's 3 row of different native perennials. All are 600' long.

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Old July 12, 2018   #122
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Spectacular butterfly, Aunt Jane. He has "eyes" on his wings.

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Old July 12, 2018   #123
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Fantastic project! Are those cone flowers?


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Had the good fortune of the state Department of Ag come out and take drone shots of my pollinator planting from last year.
There's 3 row of different native perennials. All are 600' long.

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Old July 12, 2018   #124
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Pure, is planting for pollinators a State program?

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Old July 13, 2018   #125
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Salsa, yes, Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'

Spooky, I did it through USDA NRCS's EQIP program.
I used the NRCS Practices 422, Hedgerow for pollinators with Practice 484, Mulching (the landscape fabric).
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Old July 13, 2018   #126
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Default Pollinators at local nursery

I love this nursery because it is huge and is not a big box store. I saw these guys today. I assume one of them is a hummingbird moth, but I'm not that familiar with them. The bee was on Salvia Blue Spires.

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Old July 13, 2018   #127
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Oh! How cool is that hummingbird moth. Something I have only read about and seen online. It sure looks like one. Your lucky day!
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Old July 27, 2018   #128
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Default Porterweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis. Drought resistant.

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Old July 28, 2018   #129
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Default Photobomb!

I was in the backyard this morning, seeing if I could find any butterflies or bees to photograph. I was chasing a Gulf Fritillary around a Passionvine when this guy decides to photobomb the butterfly.

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Nice to see plants and butterflys I never see here.
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Old July 30, 2018   #131
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Default Underside of Gulf Fritillary

This butterfly was hanging upside down on a firecracker fern. Photo taken at a neighborhood nursery.

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Beautiful!
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You have gorgeous butterflies. Nice pics, I love to see the undersides too, often a strange kind of camo. They fold up, and become an old leaf...
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Old July 31, 2018   #134
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The hatched butterfly is drying its wings.
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Old July 31, 2018   #135
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I have never seen your butterflies before, Aunt Jane.

Donna

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