There are so few butterflies here this year,,, desperately so. We have extreme heat and heat indices up to 129F(53.8C) and everything is dying.

My Zinnias normally last all summer and so do the wonderful wild False Sunflowers but this year.. all are dying... a plague of black beetles are devouring much leaf growth and its also a Bagworm year on the tree leaves.

The trees are in heat shock too and shedding leaves already.

I am ready for Winter... you can't be outside anyway in this heat.

EXPLORED !