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Photos Of Some Butterflies In My Wife's Garden Yesterday

Family commitments, etc. kept me from running all over the place this week photographing birds. Despite the confinement, I did get out into Rosemarie's garden yesterday. Prior to moving to Pennsylvania in 1997, all of our homes were in the woods and heavily shaded. When we bought this house or should I say, when Rosemarie chose our current home, she wanted sunshine. Well, her garden is very sunny and is, of course, constantly loaded with butterflies and clear-wing moths.

Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) On Buddleia Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) On Thistle

Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) On Buddleia

Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) On Milkweed

Clearwing Hummingbird Moth (Hemaris thysbe) On Monarda

White-lined Sphinx Hummingbird Moth (Hyles lineata) On Thistle

Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) On Buddleia

Pair Of American Ladies (Vanessa virginiensis) On Thistle

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) On Buddleia

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) On Thistle

In any event, most of the photographs below were taken yesterday. Please click on either the thumbnails or the captions to see a larger image...thanks!


Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) OnBuddleia	Buckeye (*Junonia coenia)* OnBuddleia	HummingbirdClearwingMoth (Hemaris thysbe) OnBuddleia	HummingbirdClearwingMoth (Hemaris thysbe) OnBuddleia	FemaleEasternTigerSwallowtail *(Papilio glaucus)*

FemaleEasternTigerSwallowtail (Papilio glaucus) On Buddleia	MaleEasternTigerSwallowtail *(Papilio glaucus)* OnBuddleia	FemaleBlackSwallowtail *(Papilio* polyxenes)	MaleBlackSwallowtail *(Papilio* polyxenes) OnBuddleia	GreatSpangledFritillary (Speyeria cybele) OnThistle

Monarch *(Danaus plexippus)* OnAsclepias	Monarch *(Danaus plexippus)* OnThistle	Monarch *(Danaus plexippus)* OnTithonia	Monarch *(Danaus plexippus)* OnZinnia LastFall	RedAdmiral (*Vanessa atalanta)* OnBuddleia

RedAdmiral (*Vanessa atalanta)* OnVitex	Red-spottedPurple (*Limenitis arthemis)* OnBuddleia	Red-spottedPurple (*Limenitis arthemis)* OnBuddleia	Silver-spottedSkipper (*Epargyreus clarus)* OnBuddleia	Skippers (*Epargyreus sp.)* OnMagnolia

Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius) OnBuddleia	SkipperSp. (Epargyreus sp.) OnBuddleia	SulphurButterfly (Phoebis sennae) OnBuddleia	VariegatedFritillary (*Euptoieta claudia)*

When I'm out chasing birds, I also try to photograph any other wildlife I might see, e.g. butterflies, dragonflies, mink, otters, lions and tigers and bears, oh my, etc. Here are some more butterfly images taken last year or the year before in different venues and on the dates as noted:

Puddling Eastern Tiger Swallowtails (Papilio glaucas) On The Pabos River, Gasp� Peninsula, Canada, 2008

Common Buckeye Butterfly (Junonia coenia) On Goldenrod, Brigantine, Late Summer, 2009

Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucas) On Tithonia, Peace Valley Park Nature Center, 2009

Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) In The Wildflower Garden At Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, San Antonio Texas, 2009

Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) In The Wildflower Garden At Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, San Antonio Texas, 2009

Queen Butterfly (Danaus gilippus) In The Wildflower Garden
At Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, San Antonio Texas, 2009

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