It's hard to tell for sure, but I think there have been more butterflies in the garden this year. There was one year in the past in which I did count four or five tiger swallowtails at one time. I think that maybe I've seen as many as three at a time this year, however, there have also been black swallowtails and one zebra swallowtail. Some time back I did see a monarch as well.
The butterflies seem particularly partial to the tithonia, or Mexican red sunflower. They also seem to like the orange cosmos.
It's such a delight to see them out there, flitting around.
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