Good Morning Gentle Readers,
Saw this rather tattered butterfly (possibly a Western Tiger Swallowtail) this morning and it looked as though it were nursing on the starflower, same as the bee. I know nothing about the feeding habits of butterflies so I can't say what was really happening here.
I had thought for years that this fourteen foot tall shrub was a blue starflower, but I've decided that it isn't. That leaves the $64,000.00 question to which I don't know the answer.
As Always,
TWC