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Category: Butterfly Watching

Travelling Black Swallowtail butterfly larvae
October 9August 10 Donna L. Long

Black Swallowtail Larvae, Last of the Summer Butterflies

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August 17November 29 Donna L. Long

Butterfly Life (PDF and Paperback)

Black Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) Swallowtail Family (Papilionidae). Photo by Donna L. Long.
July 16October 10 Donna L. Long

Black Swallowtails: How to Identify Them

flat flower heads Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea)
May 8June 23 Donna L. Long

Golden Alexanders: Pollinator Magnet, Black Swallowtail Host Plant

October 24November 30 Donna L. Long

Sassafras Trees for Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Moths

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly larvae muching on Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) leaf in my back garden.
September 24November 30 Donna L. Long

Early Autumn Butterflies in My Garden

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). Swallowtail butterfly family. Photo by Donna L. Long.
July 4July 25 Donna L. Long

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly: How to Identify 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 17February 2 Donna L. Long

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

Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa Atalanta) sipping salts from human skin.
June 29December 21 Donna L. Long

Red Admiral Butterfly and Flowers That Attract Them.

Male Morning Cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa);NPS, Richard Lund,2002
April 6April 7 Donna L. Long

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

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

My Community Garden Plot This Summer.

March 10December 1 Donna L. Long

Tips on Photographing Butterflies

Northern Metamark (Calephelis borealis).
October 6March 12 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 9January 19 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 7June 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 25July 29 Donna L. Long

The 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 11March 12 Donna L. Long

Skipper Butterfly Family

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
August 4August 16 Donna L. Long

The 6 Butterfly Families and Identifying Butterflies

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November 18October 31 Donna L. Long

Choosing Binoculars for Nature Study

great spangled fritillary butterly
April 17November 30 Donna L. Long

Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Pollinators

Great Spangled Fritillary on Echinacea purpurea
March 24June 24 Donna L. Long

A Backyard Habitat Garden: What You Need to Start One

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
August 6July 7 Donna L. Long

Butterflies and Moths Information and Links

Monarch butterfly on pink zinnia flower in my garden
June 12August 16 Donna L. Long

The Adult Butterfly (The Butterfly Life Cycle)

Monarch Butterfly chrysalis (Danaus plexippus). Brushfoot (Nymphalids) Family. Milkweed butterflies. Photo by Donna L. Long.
June 11August 16 Donna L. Long

Chrysalis Into Butterfly (The Butterfly Life Cycle)

Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly Larva / caterpillar in my garden. (Papilio troilus)
June 8August 16 Donna L. Long

The Caterpillar (The Butterfly Life Cycle)

June 7August 16 Donna L. Long

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

Male Morning Cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa);NPS, Richard Lund,2002
May 8December 21 Donna L. Long

Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
August 8January 19 Donna L. Long

Butterflies of Philadelphia: A Checklist

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A Seasonal Gardener's Handbook, Revised edition by Donna L. Long.
A Seasonal Gardener's Handbook, Revised edition by Donna L. Long.

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Penstemon barbatus native utah to Mexico. Photo: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

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