Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Butterflies

A coupler of Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia, with one showing the damage of living.
Eastern Tail-blue (Cupido comyntas) with only one of the four tails still intact.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus).
You know who. No word back yet on that tagged Monarch I saw last week.

mthew

One response to “Butterflies”

  1. Chuck McAlexander

    Those slings and arrows of outrageous fortune take their toll. I see quite a few birds which appear to have flown through a fan this time of year, too. Some are just molting. Others lost the fight, but survived. Life can be pretty tough sometimes, even for bugs.

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