Our front yard (last photo) is in full summer bloom. this is it's….8th? yr. it was my 20yr old son's 6th grade science project.
This swallowtail hung around for a long while. long enough to figure out how to adapt to his eccentricities….and get a few of him in flight taking off from the flowers. he really liked the cup plants, compass plants and prairie dock. only visited the joe pye weed once that i saw. Bees and or wasps tried to chase him out a few times, but he didn't care. the black swallowtail was not as stubborn…and only visited briefly. I do have parsley in there). Camera is OM-1. the back yard is shady, and still has a good patch of grass (sad face) so spring flowering small plants back there…and kind of boring now.
by bykpoloplaya
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I rarely have my phone with me to capture visitors.
It’s just so common now to see monarchs, swallowtails, red admirals, painted ladies, clearwing hummingbird moths, a variety of bees and wasps, et al.
And I’m on a typical city lot (~1/5 acre).
I did kind of unintentionally let more swamp milkweed grow this season.
I have a LOT more monarchs this year 💚
That looks beautiful. Do you have a plant list?