Peppervine – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

More New Butterflies At Sequoyah NWR!

By Mia McPherson|August 16th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Pipevine Swallowtail Butterflies, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies, Spicebush Swallowtail Butterflies, Viceroy Butterflies|Tags: adult, Arkansas River, Battus philenor, Bog Smartweed, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, butterflies, butterfly, Epargyreus clarus, grass, grasses, insects, Johnson Grass, Limenitis archippus, nectaring, Nekemias arborea, Papilio troilus, Peppervine, Persicaria setacea, Pipevine Swallowtail, Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly, river, riverbank, Silver-spotted Skipper, Silver-spotted Skipper butterfly, skipper, skippers, Sorghum halepense, Spicebush Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly, summer, swallowtail, swallowtails, Viceroy, Viceroy butterfly, Viceroys, white wildflowers, wildflowers|

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

Peppervine ~ Common but Delightful

Although Peppervine is considered a problem by some people because of their growth habit I think in the natural setting of Saw Grass County Park it fits in quite wonderfully.