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Category: Butterfly Watching

Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly
July 22June 24 Donna L. Long

The Butterfly House at Tyler Arboretum

A Shadbush tree in my garden.
June 17June 24 Donna L. Long

Attracting Birds with a Shadbush

black swallowtail butterfly feeding on parsley
June 15October 10 Donna L. Long

Black Swallowtail Larva and Fascinating Behavior

A Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) butterfly visiting my garden.
March 28June 24 Donna L. Long

Early Spring Butterflies

October 20February 15 Donna L. Long

Migrating Monarch at Cape May Point State Park

Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) - 2
September 8October 23 Donna L. Long

Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly – Life Cycle

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) in my garden on spent Purple Coneflower seed head
September 1April 22 Donna L. Long

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Purple Coneflower

European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola). Photo courtesy D. Gordon E. Robertson, via Wikimedia Commons
August 6February 15 Donna L. Long

A Friendly European Skipper Butterfly

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail drinks nectar
August 4February 15 Donna L. Long

Attracting Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies

Swamp Milkweed
May 21June 23 Donna L. Long

Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)

Common Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
May 2June 23 Donna L. Long

Common Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis L.)

Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
May 1September 20 Donna L. Long

Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)

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