Tons of gulf fritillary butterflies are visiting the gardens today.

Here’s an assortment of the three visitors I was able to photograph . . . sipping on nectar (blue porterweed and lantana), resting and laying eggs.

It’s fascinating to watch them. One of them went from host plant to host plant laying eggs and then stopping at a nectar plant to take a sip before returning to lay more.

There was one that almost landed on my leg a few times, almost.