There have been many breaks in the outer bands of rains from Hurricane Idalia inviting the butterflies back into the garden. It makes me wonder where they find cover during the rain, as it must be somewhere close because there are quite a few taking advantage of the no rain, overcast skies right now.
This gulf fritillary took the opportunity to lay some eggs on our maypop passionvine. If you look closely, there are already eggs on the leaf. This beautiful lush plant will disappear rather quickly with the action this particular plant has received recently.
