Sedum – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Fiery Skipper Butterfly Photos – Other Things With Wings

By Mia McPherson|October 14th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Fiery Skipper Butterflies, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, autumn, blooming, blooms, blossoms, butterflies, butterfly, fall, Fiery Skipper, Fiery Skipper butterfly, flowering, flowers, garden, Hylephila phyleus, insects, nectaring, Sedum, skipper, skippers, suburban, yard|

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.

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Focusing On Eastern Carpenter Bees

By Mia McPherson|September 30th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Eastern Carpenter Bees, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, autumn, bee, bees, blooming, blooms, blossoms, carpenter bee, carpenter bees, Eastern Carpenter Bee, fall, female, flight, flowering, garden, insects, male, Sedum, urban, Xylocopa virginica, yard|

If I hadn’t been focused on photographing insects two days ago, I wouldn’t be able to share these photos of female and male Eastern Carpenter Bees.

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Clouded Skipper Butterflies – Things With Wings

By Mia McPherson|September 29th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Clouded Skipper Butterflies, Oklahoma, Sebastian County, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, blooming, blooms, blossoms, bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, butterflies, butterfly, close up, Clouded Skipper, Clouded Skipper butterflies, flowering, flowers, garden, grass, Lerema accius, nectaring, Sedum, skipper, skippers, summer, urban, yard|

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.

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Huron Sachem Skipper Butterfly Photos From Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|September 27th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Huron Sachem Skipper Butterflies, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Atalopedes huron, autumn, blooming, blooms, blossoms, butterflies, butterfly, fall, flowering, garden, Huron Sachem, Huron Sachem skipper butterfly, insects, Sedum, skipper, skippers, urban, yard|

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.

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Eastern Harvestman On Blooming Sedum Photos

By Mia McPherson|September 22nd, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Eastern Harvestmen, Sebastian County|Tags: Arachnids, blooming, blooms, Daddy Long Legs, Eastern Harvestman, Eastern Harvestmen, flowering, flowering plants, flowers, garden, Leiobunum vittatum, Sedum, summer, urban, yard|

Believe it or not, I'd never photographed any Daddy Long Legs before. I was happy to take photos of an Eastern Harvestman on a blooming sedum two evenings ago.

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