Butt on Butterfly Bush

[Commander]

Just as we were debating about our local butts' preference for local nectaring flower sources, and they don't like Buddleia, this Lemon Emigrant stopped and fed at the Butterfly Bush this morning at Hort Park

A fully blooming Butterfly Bush (I think this one is Buddleia davidii) like this would have attracted lots of butts in the US and also Australia (as David has shared with us). But in Singapore, somehow not many butterflies like the flowers. There were Plain Tigers, Chocolate Pansies, Grass Yellows flying around, but none of them were even curious enough to come close to the Butterfly Bush. As I stood nearby, I could smell the strong aroma of the flowers.

As if to prove me wrong, this female Lemon Emigrant zipped past me, stopped on the flower and proceeded to drink from it. Ok, ok, so we have one customer for the Butterfly Bush in Singapore.

There was also a wasp that came to visit. I'll post it in another thread for John to ID.