Butterflies & Bees at Lake Big Fish
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ButterfliesHere's a more complete list of butterflies that visit Lake Big Fish. I've even got pictures of some of them!
Monarch
Eastern Black Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail
Unidentified
Want to find out more about butterflies? Visit these pages ... The Butterfly Website - Lots of information about butterflies. Pam Mikula, the Web Ecologist, will answer your questions. Bees
I never saw a single bee in my yard until I landscaped as a habitat.
Now I have
bumblebees, honey bees and mason bees.
The bumblebees adore the
partridge pea in the front yard.
Every morning the partridge peas are covered with big yellow flowers
and hundreds of bumblebees!
The bumblebees also compete with the hummingbirds for the honeysuckle and
trumpet vines in the arbor.
They also can be found at the edge of the pond or
on lily pads, getting a sip of water.
I even had to fish one out of the pond (I found her climbing out
from under a lily pad; I have no idea how she got in the water
in the first place).
Soaking wet bumblebees are almost as funny looking as soaking wet cats!
The honey bees and mason bees seem to prefer the salvinia and sunflowers. They also like the mint, particularly the catmint. All of the bees like the sand willow and the crepe myrtle. And ever since I seeded the back yard with Dutch white clover, going barefoot is not an option! Watch out for the honeybees in the grass! |
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