As the growing season ends, I'm looking back fondly. A highlight of the past year, once again, was observing and photographing butterflies. I'm sharing just a few here of the many that I saw and reported to wisconsinbutterfies.org. I'm including monarch caterpillars, too, because I was pleased to find so many in my garden on their host plant Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata).
I'll keep the words short and let the fascinating winged creatures speak for themselves:
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| Black Swallowtail |
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| Cabbage White |
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| Common Buckeye |
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| Eastern Tailed-Blue |
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| Great Spangled Fritillary |
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| Hobomok Skipper |
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| Least Skipper |
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| Least Skipper |
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| Little Wood-Satyr |
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| Monarch Caterpillars |
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| Monarchs |
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| Silver-Spotted Skipper |
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| Question Mark |
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| Peck's Skipper |
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| Pearl Crescent |
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| Red Admiral |
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| Summer Spring Azure |
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| Tiger Swallowtail |
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| Viceroy |
All butterflies were observed at local natural areas, botanical gardens, and on our property. Here's to another great year of beautiful and graceful inspiration!
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