The gulf fritillary, such a stunning butterfly! At any given time we have at least six fluttering about the garden.

These two recently emerged in our butterfly house the last few days. The first photo rested on our butterfly bench for a while. The contrast of the gulf fritillary and the bench, to me, is stunning.

I have found that the zinnia flower is another favorite of the gulf fritillary. They always feed off the red penta and blue porterweed, so I was excited to see I found another nectar plant they enjoy. I just planted more than a dozen zinnia seeds with the seeds already sprouting in the garden.