They Flit, They Fly

Fritillary on Echinacea or Cone Flower

Mourning Cloak - one the first butterflies to appear in Spring

Sitting still in the shade of the garden, the comings and goings - birds, dragonflies, bees, insects, spiders, and the butterflies always amuse. The butterflies always seem to be in a frenzy, flitting here and there, never settling for long enough to get a decent photograph. It is no wonder when their lives are so short and there is so much to take in as well as a life cycle to be completed.  

Butterflies definitely have favourite flowers and along with the flowers they will all to soon be gone for another season overwintering as pupae and chrysalises in the various nooks and crannies around their neighbourhood.

An Admiral on Rudbeckia or Brown Eyed Susan

Swallowtail on Lychnis chalcedonica, Maltese Cross or Scarlet Lightning

Satyr on Rudbeckia or Brown Eyed Susan