A black swallowtail on a dewy morning. A gulf fritillary on ironweed. A newly emerged variegated fritillary. Overwintering Monarchs in Mexico. The joy of a butterfly! Small copper butterfly An emerging red-spotted purple A skipper in the grass. A clouded sulfur. A sachem skipper. Female, dark morph of an eastern tiger swallowtail. A red-banded hairstreak A painted lady in aster. An eastern tiger swallowtail on butterfly weed. A monarch emerging from its chrysalis Backlit Mating butterflies A buckeye sunning in a meadow. A skipper A red-spotted purple sunning on the ground. A pair of mating monarch on Milkweed. A female eastern tiger swallowtail. A variegated fritillary emerging from its chrysalis. A male easter tiger swallowtail, less blue. Monarch wallpaper in Mexico. An Appalachian Brown A field of goldenrod--a monarch's dream! Nectaring at a flower A red admiral on teasel False eyes on a buckeye Iridescent blue! DSC_3889 Fritillaries mating. A male monarch butterfly A queen on blue mist flower. Fritillary on butterfly weed. An Appalachian tiger swallowtail DSC_4869 A viceroy W55-Mammoser-Butterfly-on-grass-VA_ DSC_5110 Puddling butterflies in the Smokies. Water drops on fritillary wings A common checkered skipper. A pearl crescent butterfly. An American lady butterfly A female monarch butterfly Puddling swallowtails A Diana fritillary A Diana fritillary
