Back at the start of October, I took lots of Fiery Skipper butterfly photos. I am just now getting around to sharing a few of these lovely skipper butterflies.
Fiery Skipper butterfly nectaring on sedum blossoms – Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1/8000, ISO 1600, -0.3 EV, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, natural light
Fiery Skippers are small skippers, so getting close to them is the best way to get frame-filling images of these bright butterflies. Fortunately, they aren’t too bothered by people, which made photographing them easier for me.
Fiery Skipper butterfly in autumn – Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1/8000, ISO 1600, -0.3 EV, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, natural light
Like many of the other butterflies I photographed in early October, these skippers were nectaring on blooming pink sedum. Sedum seems to be a huge attractant for butterflies, bees, wasps, and other insects.
The skippers were numerous, and I still have a few of them to identify, but I already knew the identity of the Fiery Skippers.
Fiery Skipper butterfly among flowering sedum – Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1/8000, ISO 1600, -0.3 EV, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, natural light
Fiery Skippers have a wide range in North and South America, from Canada to Argentina. In the northern hemisphere, the butterfly may migrate north in summer months to the northern United States and southern Ontario, Canada. One even made it to New Brunswick, Canada!
Fiery Skipper butterfly in Arkansas – Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1/8000, ISO 1600, -0.3 EV, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, natural light
I had lots of fun photographing these Fiery Skippers, Monarchs, Painted Ladies, bees, other skippers, and Harvestmen on the flowering sedums. The sedums are almost finished blooming now, and the number of butterflies and insects visiting them has decreased.
It pays off to have flowering plants in the garden or yard. More insects mean more birds. More birds mean more joy!
Life is good.
Mia
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I was out of town last week and was unable to comment on your marvelous Monarch butterfly pics. But these Fiery Skipper shots are equally magnificent. The detail is amazing. Thanks Mia.
It makes me smile to see them so up close! 😉
Wow. Yet more winged delight.