Interesting, Annie, Daylily's are not a flower that I can ever remember seeing visited by a butterfly.

It is disturbing to me how few butterflies I am seeing this year. This one is the first of the black swallowtails just yesterday.

From my hike Tuesday

I am so glad there are lots of butterflies at my place.

White sitting in the garden one afternoon, I saw four species of butterfly, just when I was bemoaning the fact that I see so few anymore. I have bumble bees, but have not seen many honey bees except when the privet hedge was blooming in June, one dragon fly visits a twig on the service berry tree in the courtyard garden about once a week. Must be his favorite perch. There are the pesky flies, very few to no ants (?), saw a hummingbird moth yesterday - the first in a very long time - , and a resident toad, perhaps two.

I would say there are fewer insects in general, at least not like there used to be. Perhaps conditions have changed or there are more predators, farmers spraying, I'm not sure.

Our grand Alabama Theater with the mighty wurlitzer. Spent many growing up years, there, and still enjoying.

This is a butterfly from the butterfly show that our conservatory has every year.

This is the chrysalis from last year that was on my milkweed plant.

That was so much fun to watch the process resulting in this beautiful butterfly and we got to watch!

I notice a lot fewer bees and butterflies too. The only thing I seem to be seeing more of is wasps - mean little suckers.

A slightly worn looking Mourning cloak

Pacific Swallowtail on Mock orange

I have lots of bees and butterflies in my yard. They love the lantana, the lemon tree, the flowering herbs.

We use no sprays detrimental to bees and neither do my neighbors.