I visited the community garden at Vancouver City Hall and spotted a Satyr Comma butterfly on the Pieris japonica. It was really intent on sipping up that nectar so I was able to get some good shots. I am so grateful for meeting this wonderful creature. Japanese Andromeda is also a popular shrub with queen bumble bees and blue orchard mason bees. If you underplant it with kinnikinnik and surround it with native shrubs like red-flowering currant, osoberry and Oregon grape, it will function even better to support pollinators in your garden.
Note how the undersides of the wings perfectly mimic dead leaves.
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