Gray Hairstreak Butterfly
Looks at a Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) don’t get much better than this as recently photographed on this Cardinal Climber flower.
Read MoreCommon Buckeye Butterfly
Meet the Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) butterfly, and while this one is a bit worn here at the end of the season, it has some incredibly good looks nonetheless.
Read MoreFresh Red Admiral
This Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterfly is as fresh as you can get! Having emerged probably earlier this very day, the photo does not do it justice as it was both so black and so vibrantly red/orange in a way that is impossible to capture in one shot. Lenses have limitations that nature does not.
Read MoreCicadas
Here, there and everywhere you can hear the cicadas calling! The sound is one of the signs of summer’s end…all part of a feast for the birds.
Read MoreMonarch Profile
How much more crisp and gorgeous can a Monarch get? We are still seeing caterpillars but the butterflies are starting to get a move on to the south now…good journey, friends!
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