Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Massachusetts Butterflies


Monarch (female) nectaring on Coneflower
Ashland, MA

This monarch really makes me happy.  The coneflower is one of maybe five blossoms that are left after the deer chewed its way through my butterfly garden (newly planted last year).    I'm happy that this butterfly still found something worth flying in for!  The dark background is because the "deep" woods are immediately behind my garden, and it's very shady and dark back there!  (Ha ha.  It is woods, but they are not deep by any stretch of the imagination!)  Makes a nice background to the colorful subject matter, though!  It also makes a good hiding spot for deer moving through a residential neighborhood.

Silver-spotted Skipper nectaring on Liatris
Hopkinton, MA

There's a nice little garden in the corner of Collella's parking lot, where I stopped to pick up sandwiches, and this Silver-spotted Skipper was taking advantage of their beautiful flowers to have his lunch.  


9 comments:

  1. Thanks! It was a very lucky shot!

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  2. I just saw this butterfly yesterday morning! One butterfly named now more to go :) Could you help me with one?

    http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/jessbeyer0/IMAG1007-1.jpg

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    1. Jessica, it looks like a nice Question Mark butterfly.

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    2. is that really what they are called Question Mark... An odd name :)

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  3. I seen the Silver Spotted Skipper yesterday morning lol I didn't mention that ... :S

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  4. There's a Comma and a Question Mark. Punctuation! Also, there's another butterfly called the Hoary Edge Skipper that looks a lot like the Silver-Spotted Skipper. It's white patch is more blurred. Happy watching!

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    1. Here is the butterfly I was talking about http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/jessbeyer0/IMAG1011-1-1.jpg

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    2. You had it right - Silver-spotted skipper! Nice one!

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