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Jan 12, 2015 11:57 PM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Whatever it is, I like it! It's nice to have someone else with butterflies this time of year. I like to call Florida "backwards land" because it's so opposite the rest of the country. But Australia - you're really the opposite of us over here in this hemisphere! But that just means we can have butterflies year round. Hurray!

I looked up those wallflowers because I hadn't heard of them and they kind of reminded me of the Ruellia species we have over here. But I see they are in the Brassica family. Do you know if they are ever used as a host plant by anything? I know White butterflies use things in the Brassica family and I think Cabbage Whites have spread themselves across the globe at this point. I was just curious.

Folks, do you think that butterfly looks a bit like a Painted Lady with a touch of Common Buckeye? I'm always trying to make connections between butterflies across the globe. Maybe it's a result of my genealogy hobby? We're all related when you go back far enough; I imagine that's true for butterflies, too!

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