Bountiful butterflies
It is hard to believe we are already about to enter September! After having above-average rainfall and average to below-average temperatures for much of the summer here in the Chautauqua-Allegheny region the second half of August turned out to be sunny and warm with a lot of lepidoptera on the wing and in our gardens. This is a traditionally wonderful month for butterflies. I have posted a bunch of neat sightings but here are more of the common species you have probably enjoyed in your yard. I have been looking and hoping for a Giant Swallowtail, among other rarities, but it is nevertheless...
Read MoreSummer Azure (Celastrina neglecta) on Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Here are a couple of neighbors, already acquainted with one another, for you to meet – the Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta) butterfly on the Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris), named for its superb medicinal properties. If it needed to be any more valuable it’s edible, too!
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