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These little pink moths are generally considered to be pests of Salvia, as the caterpillars eat the flowers. However, my plants are mixed with other flowering perennials, and I don't have a have a huge number of them, which helps keep the moth population down and makes any damage they do less obvious. My Salvia plants, like this S. azurea, still bloom attractively, letting me consider these moths more charming than pesty.

Luckily, morning glories aren't carnivorous.
The big bumblebees go crazy for Ipomoea purpurea flowers, but the butterflies mostly aren't interested. This pipevine swallowtail was determined to try something new, though.

These moths are tiny but oh so cool. Previously, I've only caught a brief glimpse of one, but this time I got a good look. This little guy was nectaring on my pink Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus-castus) and was too sugared up to worry about observers.