When our friends came to visit the other day, they wanted to walk in the garden.  It seems to me that there is nothing there to see, but we did it anyway.  As we walked by the zinnias, I noticed this butterfly just hanging there.  I knew what that meant:  she had just emerged from her cocoon and was warming up enough to fly.  

 

You can't tell from her under wings, but I saw the topside of her wings, and it is a Pipevine swallowtail.  Instead of bright blue like the Black swallowtail, the coloration on the bottom of the hind wings was a dusky turquoise.  Beautiful!!!

 

I hope you will look it up in your butterfly book, or on the internet, and see how pretty she is.  And right here in MY garden.

 

HAPPY FALL!!!