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| Monarch |
Happy New Year!
It's winter outside my door, of course, but during the "warm" months, I enjoy tracking and counting butterflies during my hikes and garden adventures, and then reporting my sightings to wisconsinbutterflies.org.
This post includes a few of my butterfly sightings of the past year. There were many more; I tried to include one photo of each species, but I included two monarchs (and some monarch eggs) and two common buckeyes...just because. I also saw some great spangled fritillaries, but the photos were not good. And, of course, I saw many more butterflies that I didn't photograph.
This exercise reminds me why I so enjoy spring, summer, and fall in my part of the world. Winter, meh. Anyway, here goes...
All photos were taken in local natural areas, at botanical gardens, and on my own property. I miss the butterflies, and I look forward to many sightings in the year ahead.
This post includes a few of my butterfly sightings of the past year. There were many more; I tried to include one photo of each species, but I included two monarchs (and some monarch eggs) and two common buckeyes...just because. I also saw some great spangled fritillaries, but the photos were not good. And, of course, I saw many more butterflies that I didn't photograph.
This exercise reminds me why I so enjoy spring, summer, and fall in my part of the world. Winter, meh. Anyway, here goes...
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| American Lady |
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| Black Swallowtail |
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| Cabbage White |
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| Common Buckeye |
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| Fiery Skipper |
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| Eastern Tailed Blue |
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| Least Skipper |
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| Monarch |
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| Monarch Eggs (and Ant) |
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| Mourning Cloak |
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| Common Buckeye |
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| Northern Broken Dash |
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| Orange Sulphur |
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| Painted Lady |
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| Eastern Comma |
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| Pearl Crescent |
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| Red Admiral |
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| Silver-Spotted Skipper |
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| Red-Spotted Purple |
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| Sachem |
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| Clouded Sulphur |
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| Summer Spring Azure |
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| Viceroy |
All photos were taken in local natural areas, at botanical gardens, and on my own property. I miss the butterflies, and I look forward to many sightings in the year ahead.
