It’s Sunday, ergo we have a new selection of North American butterfly photos from John Avise. John’s captions are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them. It’s his 250th contribution!
Butterflies in North America, Part 13
This week is a landmark of sorts: It marks the 250th Sunday that PCC(E) has posted my photos (of birds and butterflies) on WEIT! Today we continue my 18-part series on butterflies that I’ve photographed in North America. I’m still drawing from my list of species in alphabetical order by common name.
Pacific Orangetip (Anthocharis sara) male upperwing:
Pacific Orangetip, male underwing:
Pacific Orangetip, female:
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), upperwing:
Painted Lady, underwing:
Pale Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon), upperwing:
Pale Swallowtail, underwing:
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos),upperwing:
Pearl Crescent, underwing:
Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon), upperwing:
Phaon Crescent, underwing:
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor), upperwing:
Pipevine Swallowtail, chrysalis:
Wow, 250 posts! Thank you for this largesse! Your posts have been so wonderful: unlike the (printed-book) field guides I have, your photos can be enlarged for incredible detail. I have a great fondness for butterflies and their caterpillar selves. (Our garden is planted full of butterfly and bee-friendly species, including two varieties of milkweed.)
Great butterfly posts!
Great butterfly posts, thanks!
Maybe it’s me lately, but the sequence of photos is almost like music.
The first three pics are exquisite!
Another terrific post! Congratulations on turning 250.
Beautiful. I’ve seen a number of these, but never had the patience or inclination to photograph them. I’m so glad that you do!
Gorgeous! Congratulations and thank you!
Looking forward to more.
Thank you. Gorgeous pics. 🦋🦋🦋
beautiful and beautifully done. Thanks John.
What crisp and detail-rich photos of some splendid Lepidopterans! Orange-tips have such lovely color contrast. Painted Ladies are dazzling, and every now and then they have population explosions; I fondly remember years of such “outbreaks” here in Northern Calif. Pipevine Swallowtails are so big and colorful that they seem like they should be denizens of the tropical rainforest.