Atala Butterflies & Coontie Print Pollinators also known as Wax Plants

also known as Wax Plants

Sedum makinoi

Crassula perforata

This painting is based on a specimen I saw in bloom at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Southwest Florida

Atala Butterflies & Coontie Print Pollinators also known as Wax PlantsWatercolor study of Atala butterflies (Eumaeus atala) on a Coontie (Zamia integrifolia), their host plant native to Florida. Atalas are a minute hairstreak butterfly species, once thought to be extirpated from Florida, but their population has made a comeback in recent decades thanks to conservation efforts and use of the coontie plant in landscaping around southern Florida. High quality print of an original watercolor painting on matte fine art