Solstice

Thistle Crescent Butterfly

A sure sign of summer! The butterflies have arrived. I, so far, haven't been able to talk a Swallowtail into sitting still for a photo. Soon, I hope.

This is a Thistle Crescent Butterfly ~ dining on the Pincushion flowers in my garden. I don't know a lot about butterflies but I do believe this is the only one who arrives to let it be known I haven't properly weeded my garden. :)

* Their preferred habitat is the Canadian Thistles (aka noxious weeds) whose seeds can lie dormant for 40+ years! Which is why - hard as I try - I will never be truly rid of them.