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Category: butterflies

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly larvae muching on Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) leaf in my back garden.
September 24 Donna L. Long

Early Autumn Butterflies in My Garden

goldenrod and insects: Bumblebee on Goldenrod
August 15August 14 Donna L. Long

Attracting Pollinators with the Goldenrods

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). Swallowtail butterfly family. Photo by Donna L. Long.
July 4February 8 Donna L. Long

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly: How to Indentify and Find Them.

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly in Tyler State Park, PA. MikeParker at en.wikipedia [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)]
August 17November 17 Donna L. Long

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly: How to Find and Identify It

Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa Atalanta) sipping salts from human skin.
June 29November 17 Donna L. Long

Red Admiral Butterfly and Flowers That Attract Them.

Male Morning Cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa);NPS, Richard Lund,2002
April 6November 17 Donna L. Long

How Do Mourning Cloak Butterflies Fly in the Cold of Early Spring?

October 6November 12 Donna L. Long

Red Maple (Acer rubrum L.)

Aster and Large Carpenter Bee (Xylcopa spp.) with new blossoms, fertiilized and blossoms going to seed of a New England Aster (Symphyotricum novae-angliae) in my garden.
September 29November 17 Donna L. Long

New England Asters, a Pollinator Magnet for Your Garden.

My first harvest from the new garden plot.
September 3September 4 Donna L. Long

My Community Garden Plot This Summer.

Bee sipping nectar from a Sienna
April 7September 24 Donna L. Long

Pollinator Syndromes: How to Predict Which Flowers Insects Will Like

March 10September 24 Donna L. Long

Photographing Butterflies

Northern Metamark (Calephelis borealis).
October 6September 24 Donna L. Long

Metalmark Butterfly Family

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Butterfly. Lycaenidae Butterfly Family). By Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth! [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
June 9October 3 Donna L. Long

Observing Butterflies At Home and Far Away

Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) - female. Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae) Butterfly Family. Photo by Donna Long.
June 7September 24 Donna L. Long

Identifying Common Butterflies – Photo Gallery

March 9February 15 Donna L. Long

Little green caterpillar

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