Oh, my goodness, our Wildscape is LOADED with butterflies right now! We've had a lot of new species this year. Some of which I documented during the 2016 Texas Pollinator BioBlitz using iNaturalist. I haven't had time to blog here because that project kept me SO busy earlier this month. Then the 2016 Texas Master Naturalist state conference was this past weekend in Montgomery. I'm teched out, but I just couldn't go outside without my camera. Sure enough, I got hooked right back into photographing our beautiful visitors.....(Feel free to correct any IDs of mine)
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| Our first monarch was spotted October 15. Now we're seeing LOTS of them! |
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| NEW! |
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| Ocola skipper |
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| Queen |
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| Fiery skipper |
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| Skipper |
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| Perhaps ocola skipper |
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| Ocola skipper |
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| Safe travels, monarch lady! |
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| Sulphur and gray hairstreak |
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| Tattered pipevine, I think |
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| Queen |
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| Very faded bordered patch |
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| Sleepy orange |
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| Eastern carpenter bee |
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| Ailanthus webworm moth |
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| Tawny emperor |
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| Giant swallowtail |
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| Skippers in love |
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| Gray hairstreak |
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| Giant swallowtail |
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| Skipper |
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| Mexican cactus fly |
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| NEW!! Julia heliconian |
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| Giant swallowtail |
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| Phaon crescent |
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| Orange sulphur |
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| Giant swallowtail |
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| Zilpa longtail |
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| Anthophora sp. bee |
1 comment:
Well done on the identification. I had quite a bit of difficulty, especially with the skippers. Not to mention trying to get them to sit still. I also had a Julia heleconian on my lantana.
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