Thursday, September 16, 2010

A Sign of Summers End


Cloudless Sulphur(Phoebis sennae)

I wait with anticipation for August every year when the first little yellow sulphurs begin their migration. It starts slowly with only a few noticed every now and then, but gradually toward the middle of the month, the numbers increase and they seem to be everywhere. Can fall be far behind when these little beauties begin appearing along field and road as you travel most anywhere in the south. 
                               
"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."
               R. Buckminster Fuller(1895-1983):American Inventor, Poet, Philosopher

Would you have noticed the little lavender flowers had a butterfly not graced them with it's presence?

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