とんぼをおいかけて・・ ～♪～

ホトトギスが増えています。Japanese toad lily has been spreading.


今年も可憐な花を咲かせました。It again produced fragile-looking lovely flowers this year.


ホトトギスはルリタテハという蝶の食草です。そもそもルリタテハを呼びたくて植えたのですが、卵を産みに来た様子はありません。来年は来てくれるでしょうか？

We planted toad lily to attract a butterfly, blue admirals, whose caterpillars eat the leaves of the plant. There was no sign, however, of the butterfly having come and laid eggs. Maybe next year..?

October 2009 / Nishinomiya Hyogo