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The Butterfly Album - mid-late August, 2013

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Tommy Bailey discovered that butterflies are in abundance at this time of the year. Yesterday, Sunday, August 18, 2013, he sent some stunning pictures of flowers which attract butterflies, including Sue Dowell's Butterfly Bush in the Young Additiion of Columbia, and from a zinnia garden. Zinnias are magnets for the beautiful creatures, he said.

We don't have a photo, but Fay McKinley has a butterfly bush in her backyard, and says that he needs only periodic maintenance - trimming back every few years - to keep it full of blooms and full of butterflies.

For those enjoying Adair County byways, flowers and butterflies are everywhere. A few of those are included in this album.

As always, we like to have plant and butterfly species identified, and when they are posted without more information, comments from those with knowledge is always appreciate. - EW




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Insects of Kentucky: Butterfly, butterfly bush at Sue Dowell's



2013-08-18 - Adair Avenue, Columbia, KY - Photo by Tommy Bailey.
A butterfly bush at Sue Dowell's on Adair Avenue, as advertised, brings beauty in the form of this big swallowtail.

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Insects of Kentucky: Butterflies drawn to zinnias



2013-08-18 - East 80, Columbia, KY - Photo by Tommy Bailey. If you would like to lure more butterflies to your yard, try Zinnias. They have a kaleidoscope of colors and those beautiful creatures are drawn to them like a magnet. - Tommy Bailey
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Insects of Kentucky: Butterflies drawn to zinnias II



2013-08-18 - East 80, Columbia, KY - Photo by Tommy Bailey. Creating a butterfly garden gives hours of pleasure in return The beautiful creatures are drawn to these zinnias. Others find a the butterfly plant t be the easiest way to attract butter flies. In nature, milkweed, the beautiful orange plant, is a favorite landing place.
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Butterfly on a favorite autumn flower, Joe Pye Weed



2013-08-19 - Pellyton, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Sonny Williams of Columbia, KY, has identified this flower as a Joe Pye Weed and the butterfly as a Yellow Swallowtail.
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Butterflies on milkweed, along Avery Rooks Road



2013-08-19 - Avery Rooks Road, District 1, Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener.
Butterflies along roadside, Avery Rooks Road
(Photo needs ID for Butterflies, orange blossomed plant)

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Insects of Kentucky: Butterflies & Beautiful but Pesky Plant



2013-08-22 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Despite its beauty the nodding thistle is an invasive pest. However, butterfiles don't seem to see it that way. Maybe there's some other way to control them, other than cancer causing herbicides. Anyone know an alternative? - Ed Waggener Clicking Readmore accesses the butterfly album started by Tommy Bailey and includes three incredibly beautiful photos by him.
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Butterfly on Ironweed, Pellyton, KY



2013-08-22 - Pellyton, KY - Photo by Ed Waggeneer. The time of the most butterflies seems to coincide with the advent of the most beautiful and useful for little boys wildflower, Ironweed. The photo above was taken Sunday, August 19, 2013, in Pellyton, KY. If anyone knows the name of the knob, we'd appreciate gaining that knowledge. - CM
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