My Mona Lavender plants barely have any flowers, but I spied this pretty little gray hairstreak butterfly on a bloom.
Grey Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) has a wingspan of .75 to 1.5 inches.
There are many host plants that the female butterflies will lay their eggs on.
Here are a couple of photos of just the flowers.
Here is a photo of how beautiful mona lavender is when it is in full bloom!
Mine never looked quite this beautiful!
I guess that will be my goal for next year!
Have a Blessed Day!
July 11, 2018
All original photos taken by me on my iPhone 8 Plus except for the photo of the large pot of flowering Mona Lavender.
I really like your macro photos better than the pot photo.
This is the flower I see in my mind's eye:
I finished the summer camp book but have some things to resolve by the end of the semester. Thank you again for your prayers. This summer I will be teaching a small class of ten students. The Board of education gave us a large budget and we have to spend it wisely. At the same time I have a Bible camp next weekend. I need grace.
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Yes, the flower is quite pretty! Well, that will be nice to only have 10 students! I say, pray to remember you do have Grace when you remember to keep God in your mind and heart every day. I just pray every day I’m in a classroom to help me say or do the right thing! I wish I could pray out loud with the students, but our Supreme Court took care of that! Anyway, I will keep you in my daily prayers!
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Thank you ♥
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What a beautiful butterfly, @violetmed and what beautiful flowers. They have a strange capacity. It seems to belong to the family of orchids (Orchidaceae). I'm always pleasantly surprised by your garden. Blessings to you.
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Thank you!
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A good contrast between your flowers and the butterfly, @violetmed. The more flowers you have in your garden, the more butterfly species will be visiting you and making a home in your garden. Greetings beautiful lady.
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Thank you for your kind words!
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You will see that with those blessed hands of yours, your bushes will grow and give many beautiful flowers, @violetmed. Nature will do its work and you will do the rest with your dedication. May God bless you!
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Thank you!
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Nice captured... A bit far from the first shot with butterfly... Maybe thought if you move close it's might likely go away lol.. I thought same until I later became butterfly friend hehehe.. I usually call this type of photo action shots Cox it's a great captured..
Good works @violetmed about having such beautiful bunch flower...you can grow such as well.
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Beautiful flowers. More beautiful when it has blossom fully.
Oh God make my life to blossom so it will be more beautiful
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Amen to that!
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Amen
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Beautiful flowers and butterflies. I have never been a fan of lavender but your plant is gorgeous!
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Wonderful - butterflies are very gentle ... !
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@Violetmed
Really super photography. Thanks you for sharing with us.
Thanks.
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I love this post. My dream is to plant a big area filled with lavender, but it’s hard to find the varieties that will endure a lot of rain and heat. 🐓🐓
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