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"I might assume this will be Horace's Duskywing at this early season, and without a white HW fringe, but ""I don't do Duskywings!"""
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"I might assume this will be Horace's Duskywing at this early season, and without a white HW fringe, but ""I don't do Duskywings!"""
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Thinking funereal but haven't looked yet.
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Same butterfly on 2 different butterflybushes
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Same butterfly on 2 different butterflybushes
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The lighting is a blessing in disguise because it makes for a good ID shot: you can see the bold pattern of white spots on the shadowed wing, but you can also get a good look at the patterning on the sunlit one. Male, much duller than the female.
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Liked the iridescence in this shot. Pretty sure this is a male. On Birdsfoot Trefoil.
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Caught in the deathly embrace of a crab spider. Seen during this morning's Birds and Butterflies tour of Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve, led by NJ Audubon associate naturalists Chris and Paula Williams.
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