My latest garden friend is this Umber Skipper who skipped around all of the zinnias as they waved on their long stems in the breeze… until he found the bouquet I was cutting, at which point he kept coming back to drink at a the more stationary offering of nectar. That was when I could focus on him long enough to find out his name and get a picture of his beautiful wings, and even his body hair.
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He’s a charmer, Gretchen. And the zinnias are wonderful.
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Skippers are so hard to photograph, but they will linger on tasty flowers. I enjoyed seeing the zinnias, too. They were a mainstay of my grandmother’s cutting garden.
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Oh! I almost missed the moth. Great photo!
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From what I understand, a skipper is not exactly a moth or a butterfly 🤷♀️
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I also thought this was a moth so I looked it up to find that the skippers are considered an intermediate form between moths and butterflies. How interesting is that!! Your zinnias are lovely!
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I’ve learned so many things from having a “pollinator garden.” I don’t know if I ever heard of a skipper – or saw one? – until my new landscaping began to bloom.
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How beautiful! I took out the last of the zinnias here yesterday, and miss them greatly. I rarely cut them for bouquets, imagining all the little critters that might want to dine there.
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Beautiful zinnias with a wonderful bonus!
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