Several types of butterflies visit the garden. The painted lady is found around the world, also called the thistle or cosmopolitan butterfly.
![the painted lady butterfly at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/paintedlady5a.jpg)
This medium sized butterfly has similar colours to the monarch butterfly but definitely not the same patterns.
![the painted lady butterfly at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/paintedlady2a.jpg)
This one was photographed on the chive flowers towards the end of May. They do prefer to eat thistle flowers which aren’t in bloom yet.
![the painted lady butterfly at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/paintedlady7a.jpg)
During migration these butterflies can cover up to 160 km. They do not overwinter in cold regions.
![the painted lady butterfly at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/paintedlady8a.jpg)
It was great to capture this painted lady via my camera lens. We do see them flitting through the garden during most of the season.
Other butterflies in the garden:
Linda
It’s beautiful and I love to see them in the garden although I haven’t seen any butterflies in my garden yet this year.
Myrtle
It is beautiful, I do believe I recently saw one and I believe the kids did Saturday as I heard Al say it was a small Monarch so I have written down the name so I don’t forget and will tell him.
Joy O'Connor
I usually have them in my garden too but not yet so far .. or ? I may have been missing them because it has been a few days since I have worked in the garden.
I am hoping that my hydrangea standards will draw the Monarchs in like it did a couple of Autumns ago … that was magical to me !
I’m also hoping the Bronze Fennel I planted in the garden will draw butterflies in.
You took some wonderful shots Linda !
Vondean Erickson
Hi Linda,
The mother and baby woodpecker was so neat. Also the zentangle flower drawing. You always have such a interesting website.
One of my friends back home called the other night and told me that everyone is seeing so many Hackberry emperors butterflies. Also called asterocopia butterflies. I had never heard of them before. She lives by the lake and said the butterflies were looking for water as so dry out. They like damp dirt or sap.
I learn something new everyday. We have a lot of yellow and white butterflies around here. I remember they were in the gardens back home and my mother called them cabbage butterflies.
Take care
Vondean