this year's butterflies

[pauraque]

Butterfly season in New England is quickly coming to an end. Here are a few I saw this year:



White Admiral.




Red Admiral.




Spring Azure.




Horace's Duskywing.




Viceroy.




Canadian Tiger Swallowtail.




I think this is a Compton Tortoiseshell. It was my first butterfly of the year, back in April.


And an honorary mention:



Eight-spotted Forester, which is actually a moth, despite its non-fuzzy antennae.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Great to see these! What a wonderful variety you've had around you.

[pauraque]

I recently bought a guide book to butterflies in my state, and the list is surprisingly long!

[shirebound]

Thanks for sharing these! I rarely see anything other than white butterflies.

[pauraque]

We have those too, but I usually find they move around too much to get good pictures.

[ravena_kade]

Nice photos.

I am close to Boston MA and I will miss the butterflies when they go.

[pauraque]

It's always exciting to see them back again in the spring.

[zenigotchas]

Oh how beautiful. I love butterflies sm :)

[pauraque]

Me too!

[adafrog]

Pretty.

[pauraque]

:)

[sparowe]

Beautiful! Thank you. :)

[pauraque]

My pleasure!

[cairistiona]

Lovely!

Have you seen many Monarchs this summer?

[pauraque]

No, they've been quite scarce for us this year. I know there have been efforts to plant more milkweed for them.

[turlough]

Ooh, so many beautiful butterflies!! And great photos too!

[a_natural_beauty]

What a lovely photo, thanks for sharing! :-)

[acetiff12]

Wow, that Spring Azure is so elegant!