Red Spotted Purple

Admirals and Mimics. Red Spotted Purple butterfly, State Botanical Gardens of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. 2015.

Red Spotted Purple Butterfly

Admirals and Mimics. Red Spotted Purple. La Chua Trail, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Florida. 2012.

Viceroy Butterfly

Admirals and Mimics. Viceroy Butterfly. La Chua Trail, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Florida. 2012.

Viceroy Butterfly

Admirals and Mimics. Viceroy Butterfly. Natural Area Teaching Lab, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida. 2012.

Viceroy Butterfly

Admirals and Mimics. Viceroy Butterfly. Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Florida. 2012.

Viceroy Butterfly

Admirals and Mimics. Viceroy Butterfly. Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Florida. 2012.

Western Admiral Butterfly

Admirals and Mimics. Weidenmeyer's or Western Admiral Butterfly. Red Butte Canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah. 2012.

Eastern Comma Butterfly

Anglewings. Eastern Comma Butterfly. State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Athens, GA. 2016.

Question Mark

Anglewings. Question Mark Butterfly. San Felasco Hammock State Park, Gainesville, Florida. 2013.

Cassius Blue Butterfly

Blues and Azures. Cassius Blue butterfly nectaring on Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora). Gainesville, Florida. 2011.

Cassius Blue

Blues and Azures. Cassius Blue butterfly on Frog Fruit (Phyla nodiflora). Gainesville, Florida. 2011.

Cassius Blue Butterfly

Blues and Azures. Cassius Blue Butterfly on Snow Squarestem (Melanthera nivea). Gainesville, Florida. 2012.

Cassius Blue

Blues and Azures. Cassius Blue Butterfly. Gainesville, Florida. 2013.

Ceraunus Blue

Blues and Azures. Ceraunus Blue butterfly on Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora). Gainesville, Florida. 2011.

Ceraunus Blue Butterfly

Blues and Azures. Ceraunus Blue Butterfly on spent Coreopsis flowers. Gainesville, Florida. 2012. This is a different butterfly, but is very similar to the one I posted yesterday. Ceranunus Blues have just one eye spot, while the Cassius (yesterday's photo) has 2. Their inner wings are a beautiful bright blue, but I couldn't catch it with its wings open. It had just finished raining and was wet and dark outside. I like the way this photo takes on a sepia feel on its own.

Ceraunus Blue

Blues and Azures. Ceraunus Blue butterfly. Gainesville, Florida. 2012.

Eastern Pygmy Blue

Blues and Azures. Eastern Pygmy Blue butterfly. Whitney Marine Lab, St. Augustine, Florida. 2011.

Eastern Tailed Blue

Blues and Azures. Eastern Tailed Blue. State Botanical Garden, Athens, Georgia. 2015.

Western Pygmy Blue

Blues and Azures. Western Pygmy Blue Butterfly on Basin Blanketflower (Gaillardia spathulata). Desolation Canyon, Utah. 2012.

Western Pygmy Blue Butterfly

Blues and Azures. Western Pygmy Blue Butterfly on Blanket Flower. Desolation Canyon, Utah. 2012.

Buckeye Butterfly

Buckeyes and Peacocks. Buckeye butterfly on Hog Plum (Prunus umbellata), Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Florida. 2012.

Buckeye

Buckeyes and Peacocks. Buckeye Butterfly. Natural Area Teaching Lab, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida. 2012.

Buckeye

Buckeyes and Peacocks. Buckeye Butterfly. Natural Area Teaching Lab, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida. 2012.

Buckeye Caterpillar

Buckeyes and Peacocks. Buckeye Caterpillar, Morningside Nature Center, Gainesville, FL. 2011.

Common Buckeye

Buckeyes and Peacocks. Common Buckeye on White Clover, NATL at UF, Gainesville, Florida. 2012.

White Peacock Butterfly

Buckeyes and Peacocks. White Peacock Butterfly on Frog Fruit (Phyla nodiflora). Alachua County, Florida. 2013

White Peacock

Buckeyes and Peacocks. White Peacock Butterfly, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida. 2012.

White Peacock

Buckeyes and Peacocks. White Peacock Butterfly. Alachua County, Florida. 2013.

White Peacock

Buckeyes and Peacocks. White Peacock Butterfly. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami Florida. 2012.

Blue Copper Butterfly

Coppers. Blue Copper Butterfly on Sulphur Buckwheat. Brighton, Utah. 2012.

Ruddy Copper Butterfly

Coppers. Ruddy Copper Butterfly on Purple Aster. Brighton, Utah. 2012.

Pearl Crescent Butterfly

Crescents and Checkerspots. Asclepias lanceolata (Fewflower Milkweed) and Pearl Crescent butterfly. Lower Suwanee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida. 2012. Apocynaceae (Dogbane family).

Pearl Crescent Butterfly

Crescents and Checkerspots. Pearl Crescent butterfly on Hog Plum (Prunus umbellata), Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Florida. 2012.

Phaon Crescent

Crescents and Checkerspots. Phaon Crescent Butterfly. County Road 325, Alachua County, Florida. 2012.

Henry's Elfin

Elfins. Henry's Elfin Butterfly on Willow Catkins. Goethe State Forest, Levy County, Florida. 2013.

Hackberrry

Emperors, Purplewings and Malachite. Hackberry Butterfly. Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Florida. 2012.

Hackberry

Emperors, Purplewings and Malachite. Hackberry Butterfly. Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Florida. 2012.

Malachite Butterfly

Emperors, Purplewings and Malachite. Malachite Butterfly. Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida. 2012.

Malachite Butterfly

Emperors, Purplewings and Malachite. Malachite Butterfly. Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/exhibits/always-on-display/butterfly-rainforest/. Gainesville, Florida. 2012. If any of you are interested, here is a link to a wonderful story broadcast on NPR about amateur photographer Charles Cushman, and his 14,000 kodachrome color shots from the 1930's through 1968. It makes me think what kind of photo record I will leave behind when I am gone. People will probably think that my world was comprised almost entirely of bugs, flowers and tiny things, with almost no people or buildings. http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2012/cushman/

Blue Morpho Butterfly

Exotic. Blue Morpho Butterfly. Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida. 2011.