Painted Lady–never a more aptly named butterfly! Although ubiquitous, the sheer number of Painted Ladies found in gardens this summer is simply astonishing.
Painted Lady (Dorsal)
This morning in our postage-stamp-of-a-lot, there were quite possibly over one hundred newly emerged Painted Ladies nectaring from the Joe-pye, Baby Joe, zinnias, butterfly bushes, phlox, and Rudbeckia.
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Painted Lady–never a more aptly named butterfly! Although ubiquitous, the sheer number of Painted Ladies found in gardens this summer is simply astonishing.
Painted Lady (Dorsal)
Good Morning Gloucester 
Beautiful pictures
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These are spectacular. I always enjoy your beautiful butterflies!
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Thank you Anne and Donna. How often do you get to gloucester Anne? I hope to meet you sometime at an upcoming GMG event.
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Actually we’re in Gloucester several times a year visiting our kids. They’ve been living at the Eastern Point Lighthouse until this summer when the house was closed. It’ll be sad not staying out there. We’ll probably be coming in September or October.
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