All of a sudden, butterflies

Walking through the arboretum, we saw a lot of bees and flowers.

But no butterflies.  When we came to the native plant section, the butterflies were everywhere.

 

Cloudless sulfur

Another butterfly.

 

Sulfur time

 The Cloudless Sulfur butterflies are flying through North Carolina now.  (see here)  They say that they are most attracted to red flowers, but this one likes the yellow ones.

Cloudless Sulphur

This butterfly was flitting around the front yard in the morning.  I had to stalk him to get this picture.  I looked him up and he is a "Cloudless Sulphur" butterfly.  They appear in the late summer and fall here in North Carolina.  They're called the "wrong way" butterflies because they fly north in the fall.  See here for more info.