Greenhouse Visitors

This morning during my daily tour of inspection, I discovered a swallowtail butterfly on the geraniums. Luck was with me, for I had my camera, and was able get this picture. He (or she?) was almost upside down, so this shot is of the underbelly. Obviously she had no experience as a model, or maybe she was camera shy.

Does anyone know exactly what type of swallowtail this is? I got out our butterfly book and tried to identify it, but failed miserably.

A Monarch feeding on Lantana

Lantana is one of the new flowers we are growing this year (see earlier post on timing). It is described as a flower you can plant to attract butterflies. Imagine my surprise this morning, as I was making my "what needs to be watered" rounds, I saw, on Bandana Orange Sunrise Lantana a monarch butterfly happily feeding! Wow! I rushed back to the house to grab my camera. This one is a male (you can tell from the distinct dot)