I was surprised yesterday afternoon when, having lunch on my back yard patio, a worn Giant Swallowtail (
Papilio cresphontes) flew across my yard. A Cabbage White (
Pieris rapae) spent most of the afternoon fluttering around. I've done next to no butterflying at all this summer. But recently I have been keeping my eyes open, expecially after finding the Checkered-Skipper below in my yard on Labor Day.
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Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis) found
in my garden, 09/03/2012 |
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| Common Checkered-Skipper |
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| Common Checkered-Skipper |
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Abundant now, fresh Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia),
09/09/2012 |
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Common this year, Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus),
09/09/2012 |
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| Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius), 09/09/2012 |
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Worn male Fiery Skipper, 09/16/2012. So common this year,
this special butterfly was found in my garden. Another surprise. |
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