The avatar is a "Bordered Patch" butterfly and common throughout Mexico. They look like bandits with a black masks on the head.
I'm lucky because i can grow year around which enables me to have nectar plants year around so i can get away with not using the plastic hummingbird feeders but people farther north don't have the option. In 2013 i declared my garden goal to be year around nectar plants for the butterflies, hummers, and bees. It is not so easy because the tropical rains come about mid July through mid October. It is still warm, but the rains come down so heavily if they don't drown the plants, they will at least knock off all the blossoms, or uproot them. I think 2013 was the first year of year around nectar availability and it made me so happy. Now i think i have the right plants and preparations to realize year around nectar blooms. It wasn't easy though
2915 is the year of taking the soil seriously and it's a lot dirtier than 2013 was. Tropical plants (most of them) need very good drainage and every year i have some plants that drown. So this is what i'm trying to fix this year.
