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Category: butterfly basics

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

Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas) - Lycaenidae Family. Photo from Wikimedia Public Domain.
September 2September 24 Donna L. Long

Gossamer Butterfly Family (Lycaenidae)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). Swallowtail butterfly family. Photo by Donna L. Long.
August 25September 24 Donna L. Long

Swallowtail Butterfly Family

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) Butterfly. White and Sulphur butterfly family. [photo by Paul B. Toman. on Wikimedia]
August 18September 24 Donna L. Long

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae) Butterfly Family

Zabulon Skipper Butterfly (Poanes zabulon) Skipper (Grass Skipper Family. Photo by Donna L. Long.
August 11September 24 Donna L. Long

Skipper Butterfly Family

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
August 4September 24 Donna L. Long

The 6 Butterfly Families and Identifying Butterflies

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail drinks nectar
May 1September 24 Donna L. Long

Butterfly Family: The Swallowtails

great spangled fritillary butterly
April 17September 24 Donna L. Long

Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Pollinators

June 12September 24 Donna L. Long

The Adult Butterfly (The Butterfly Life Cycle)

June 11September 24 Donna L. Long

Chrysalis Into Butterfly (The Butterfly Life Cycle)

June 7September 24 Donna L. Long

The Butterfly Egg and Where to Find It (The Butterfly Life Cycle)

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