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Category: Butterfly Watching

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August 17August 16 Donna L. Long

Butterfly Life Now on Sale

Black Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) Swallowtail Family (Papilionidae). Photo by Donna L. Long.
July 16July 25 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

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly larvae muching on Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) leaf in my back garden.
September 24June 24 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 10June 24 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 9August 16 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

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