Big, Beautiful, Swallowtail

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I love to watch Swallowtail butterflies. The size, colors and space make this one look like a King Swallowtail Butterfly. Unfortunately the King is not found in this part of the US. They are also even larger than this one. I am not sure about this one.

What I do know is that I love this photo. The bee gives it scale. I’ll just call it a big, beautiful, swallowtail butterfly.

~ Rick

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A Skipper

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This is a Silver-spotted Skipper. Over the past few years, I have seen a number of them, but I have not captured many good photos. I saw this one on the rocky bank of the Stillwater River. Lucky for me, she did not take off until I captured a couple of photos.

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Yellow Butterflies

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One a recent hike, I took the top photo of an Orange Sulphur. Teresa captured the second photo of a Clouded Sulphur. We frequenly just refer to these as Sulphur Butterflies. There is actaully two other varieties: The Little Yellow and the Cloudless Sulphur. And now you know too. 🦋

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A Pollination Meetup

We are starting to see even more Monarchs. This was cool .. not just one, but two! I can’t get enough of this. The summer is going so fast, but I guess I have complained about that enough.

~ Rick

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