Butterfly Visitors

 In our first season as an official waystation,  we have been blessed with a wide variety of species of butterfly.

The Monarch

Long Tailed Skipper

Red-Spotted Purple

Little Yellow​

Cloudless Sulphur​

Zabulon Skipper


Clouded Skipper​


​Silver Spotted Skipper

Red-Banded Hairstreak

Spotted Beet Webworm Moth


​Pearl Crescent

Silvery Checkerspot


​Painted Lady

The Pipevine Swallowtail

The Gulf Fritillary
Among our first visitors to the garden was the Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, which has spectacular designs on the undersides of its wings.
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The top view of the Gulf Fritillary, drinking nectar from a Butterfly Bush, also known as Buddleia.

The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

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This Eastern tiger swallowtail, Papilio glaucus, landed on one of our plants while it was still in the pot! One of the most familiar and beautiful butterflies around the Assembly , this species has been a regular visitor ever since.

 The Eastern Tiger  Swallowtail -- Dark Form

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Question Mark

Zebra Swallowtail

Diana

The Spicebush Swallowtail

When a spicebush, Papilio troilus,  finally landed on the white Phlox, we were so excited. It fluttered crazily as it drank the nectar. We thought this was a behavior until we realized the phlox simply wasn't strong enough to hold it up, so basically, it had to hover.

Aphrodite Fritillary

The Great Spangled Fritillary

The Great Spangled Fritillary, Speyeria cybele, like its cousin, the Aphrodite Fritillary, is near the southern edge of its range when it stops in Monteagle. We probably won't see any of its catepillars, as it only lays its eggs on violets, but we are happy to have to stop in for a drink anytime.

The Common Buckeye

The Eastern Tailed-Blue

The Red Admiral