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I made a short video (with flamenco guitar) of the swarm of painted ladies on our purple Salvia.


A swarm of Painted Ladies descended on our purple salvia this morning. The Checkered Whites have been around for a while.




A sweet painted lady on a butterfly bush: http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/9/sweet-painted-lady