Harvester Butterfly

Today I joined the Massachusetts Butterfly Club field trip to The Fannie Stebbins  Wildlife Refuge in Longmeadow and Forest Park in Springfield, Massachusetts, searching for Hackberry Emperors, Tawny Emperors and Zabulon Skippers.  I had never been to this refuge before and I enjoyed exploring a new location, but I actually skipped the 2nd half of the field trip, heading home after Fannie Stebbins because I was so tired.

We struck out on Emperors (on the first part of the trip), but we did see a Zabulon Skipper.  The highlights for me, though, were a Harvester butterfly (my 1st!), an Appalachian Brown butterfly (my 2nd) and a Common Green Darner dragonfly (what a beauty)!!!!

Harvester

 Monarch

 Check out those antennae!

 Webworm Moth

 Black and Yellow Garden Spider

 Ctenucha Virginica Moth

 Common Green Darner (female)

 Painted Lady

 Eastern-Tailed Blue (faded and worn)

Painted Lady

 Eastern-Tailed Blue (fresh and lovely)

 Painted Lady

 Monarch

 Appalachian Brown

Appalachian Brown