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November Gulf Fritillary Butterfly

By |November 12th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Gulf Fritillary Butterflies, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I didn’t think I’d be seeing Gulf Fritillary butterflies well into November in Arkansas, but here they are—still fluttering around and being gorgeous.

Question Mark Butterfly At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By |November 7th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Question Mark Butterflies, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

I've been meaning to share this Question Mark butterfly I photographed at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge since last month. Today is as good a day as any.

Male And Female Monarch Butterfly Photos

By |October 21st, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Monarch Butterflies, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

As the Monarch butterflies made their way through Arkansas at the end of September, I had the chance to take a couple of photos that really show off the unique features between the males and females.

Fiery Skipper Butterfly Photos – Other Things With Wings

By |October 14th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Fiery Skipper Butterflies, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

Autumn Female Monarch Butterfly In My Viewfinder

By |October 11th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Monarch Butterflies, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

What's up today? I've got a few female Monarch butterfly images I’ve been meaning to share but I hadn’t edited them until now. This morning seems perfect!

Striking Gulf Fritillary Butterfly In Arkansas

By |October 9th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Gulf Fritillary Butterflies, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It has been four days since I photographed this Gulf Fritillary butterfly, which was around the time I noticed my external hard drive was way too full.

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By |October 5th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Red-spotted Purple Butterflies, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Sharing my lifer Red-spotted Purple butterfly! I took photos of it on a nature trail at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, where I found it resting on the path.

Clouded Skipper Butterflies – Things With Wings

By |September 29th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Clouded Skipper Butterflies, Oklahoma, Sebastian County, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago, when I shared Huron Sachem skipper butterfly images I said I needed to identify another butterfly. That butterfly was a Clouded Skipper butterfly.

Huron Sachem Skipper Butterfly Photos From Arkansas

By |September 27th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Huron Sachem Skipper Butterflies, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I took my lifer Huron Sachem skipper butterfly photos! I may have seen this species before, but I had never photographed one of these skippers until yesterday.

More New Butterflies At Sequoyah NWR!

By |August 16th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Pipevine Swallowtail Butterflies, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies, Spicebush Swallowtail Butterflies, Viceroy Butterflies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday, when I shared the pale young Raccoon, I mentioned that I also photographed some butterflies at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. Here they are!

Hackberry Emperor Butterfly On The Hood

By |July 20th, 2024|Categories: Hackberry Emperor Butterflies, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday morning, I had a very unique experience photographing a lovely Hackberry Emperor Butterfly.

Gray Hairstreak Butterfly On An Upright Prairie Coneflower

By |June 3rd, 2024|Categories: Gray Hairstreak Butterflies, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I visited Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge last week I spent some time photographing Gray Hairstreak butterflies, a butterfly species that is new to me.

Butterfly Photos From Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge

By |May 21st, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Orange Sulphur Butterflies, Phaon Crescent Butterflies, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Variegated Fritillary Butterflies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning, I wanted to share a few more things with wings: a set of butterfly photos I took recently at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Common Checkered-Skipper Butterfly At Tishomingo NWR

By |May 13th, 2024|Categories: Common Checkered-Skippers, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm sharing this Common Checkered-Skipper butterfly photo I took two days ago at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge. This was my last subject of the morning.

Common Buckeye Butterfly Resting On Grass

By |May 13th, 2024|Categories: Common Buckeye Butterflies, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning, I am sharing a beautiful Common Buckeye butterfly that I photographed on the last day of April at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Cabbage White Butterfly Photos

By |September 23rd, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Cabbage White Butterflies, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning, I'm sharing a few photos of male Cabbage White butterflies and Common Sunflowers that I took last Sunday at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

Weidemeyer’s Admiral Butterfly In The Uinta Mountains

By |August 19th, 2023|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah, Video, Weidemeyer's Admiral Butterflies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was delighted to photograph this Weidemeyer's Admiral butterfly two days ago while I was with April Olson high in the stunning forests of the Uinta Mountains.

Variegated Fritillary Butterfly At Sequoyah NWR

By |July 30th, 2023|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Variegated Fritillary Butterflies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I am sharing three Variegated Fritillary butterfly photos that I took at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge when I visited my friend, Steve Creek, in June.

Common Buckeye Butterfly Photos From Sequoyah NWR

By |July 7th, 2023|Categories: Common Buckeye Butterflies, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm sharing four Common Buckeye butterfly photos this morning. These images were taken at beautiful Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oklahoma.

West Desert Butterfly Photos

By |September 9th, 2022|Categories: Camillus Crescent Butterflies, Mormon Fritillary Butterflies, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Earlier this week I did some West Desert wandering and while I was there I took some butterfly photos that clumps of blooming rabbitbrush had attracted.

Some Recent Butterfly Images

By |September 6th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Cabbage White Butterflies, Clouded Sulphur Butterflies, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Woodland Skipper Butterflies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning I wanted to share a few of my recent butterfly images taken in the marsh at Bear River MBR and high up in the Wasatch Mountains.

Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly With Serviceberry Blossoms

By |June 12th, 2022|Categories: Shrubs, Summit County, Two-tailed Swallowtails, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Late last week I stopped my Jeep in the Wasatch Mountains because I spotted a Two-tailed Swallowtail butterfly resting on a blooming serviceberry shrub.

Clouded Sulphur Butterfly And Rabbitbrush

By |September 29th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Clouded Sulphur Butterflies, Shrubs, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I got lucky at one rabbitbrush when I found a Clouded Sulphur butterfly nectaring on what I believe is a Rubber Rabbitbrush.

Summer Dragonflies And Butterflies At Bear River MBR

By |August 26th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Blue-eyed Darner Dragonflies, Box Elder County, Clouded Sulphur Butterflies, Purplish Copper Butterflies, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I am sharing some of the dragonflies and butterflies I've found at Bear River MBR in the summer.

Poppies, Birds, Trees, Butterflies And A Smoky Haze

By |August 5th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Trees, Utah, Weidemeyer's Admiral Butterflies, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The first time I raised my lens yesterday morning it was for blooming Prickly Poppies that were along the shoulder of the bumpy gravel road.

Female Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly

By |July 22nd, 2021|Categories: Great Spangled Fritillary Butterflies, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This is a female Great Spangled Fritillary, a butterfly species that can be abundant in the Wasatch Mountains at this time of the year. 

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