![Bumblebee on echinacea (Echinacea purpurea var. Magnus). www.limberea.com](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/336A1867-2-1024x683.jpeg)
![Summer garden with lots of echinacea (Echinacea purpurea var. Magnus). www.limberea.com](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Late-Summer-Garden-1024x683.jpeg)
All the hard work of the last four months has paid off (thank you, Covid-19, for the unexpected time off). The garden is lush and vibrating (literally) with insect life; as I’ve mentioned in a previous post, I planned the garden to attract wildlife.
![Painted lady butterfly (Cynthia cardui) on echinacea (Echinacea purpurea var. Magnus). www.limberea.com](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/336A8332-1024x662.jpeg)
Painted lady butterfly (Cynthia cardui) on echinacea (Echinacea purpurea var. Magnus).
![Tortoise-shell butterfly (Aglais urticae) and bumblebee competing for the same echinacea flower. www.limberea.com](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/336A1137-1024x683.jpeg)
Tortoise-shell butterfly (Aglais urticae) and bumblebee competing for the same flower.
![Tortoise-shell butterfly on aster (Aster amellus). www.limberea.com](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/336A1709-1024x683.jpeg)
Tortoise-shell butterfly on aster (Aster amellus).
![Painted lady butterfly in a sea of echinacea.](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/336A2058-1-1024x683.jpeg)
Painted lady butterfly in a sea of echinacea.
![A bumblebee hard at work on a pink echinacea.](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/336A7207-1024x683.jpeg)
A bumblebee hard at work on a pink echinacea.
![Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) on echinacea.](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/336A8962-1024x682.jpeg)
Peacock butterfly (Inachis io).
![Bumblee on great masterwort (Astrantia major).](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/336A7348-1-1024x683.jpeg)
Bumblee on great masterwort (Astrantia major). Notice the raised leg, warning off other insects from the flower.
![Two brimstone butterflies (Gonepteryx rhamni) have a meeting on a pink echinacea flower.](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/336A0246-1-1024x683.jpeg)
Two brimstone butterflies (Gonepteryx rhamni) have a meeting. Exchanging tips on best echinacea, maybe?
![Painted lady butterfly (Cynthia cardui) on echinacea (Echinacea purpurea var. Magnus).](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/336A7745-1024x683.jpeg)
Now I’m off to the garden again, weeding, and deadheading, and watering, and, and, … work never stops in a garden. Or fun.
I hope you have a good summer, considering Covid-10 et al. Stay healthy, stay calm, and soldier on. And don’t forget to laugh.
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