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Sunday, October 13, 2024

Sipping nectar in the backyard

  

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) butterfly in our backyard in Cotati on 13 October 2024.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What plant is it on? -- Carolyn

Jackie Sones said...

Hi, Carolyn!

It's some sort of purple Salvia. When I bought it at the nursery, some bees were visiting the flowers and they wouldn't leave the flowers, even as I was walking with the plant! Seemed like that was a good sign...and it has been terrific for hummingbirds and bees and butterflies. (I wish I could remember the variety, but I seem to have lost the name.)

Jackie