Gulf Fritillary Butterflies Love Colorful Passion Fruit Flowers
Passionate Fritillary Back in June, we had lots of these gorgeous orange gulf fritillary butterflies (Agraulis vanillae) floating around. Then...
The Colorful Grey Hairstreak is an Interesting Summer Butterfly
Downward Hairstreak Grey hairstreaks (Strymon melinus) are a very small butterfly, especially when compared to ones like the Palamedes swallowtails....
The Next Generation is on it’s Way
Deposit This pretty little zebra longwing butterfly (Heliconius charithonia) was very busy laying her eggs on various passion fruit vines....
Horace’s Duskywing is One of the Beautiful Pollinators that Love Chaste
Duskywing and Chaste When the chaste trees in the local plant nursery were blooming they attracted a lot of pollinators....
Gulf Fritillaries are Some Really Colorful Butterflies
Flitting Fritillary A short time ago I showed everyone the spiky orange caterpillar of the gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae),...
Photographing Butterflies in the Woods Can Give You Amazing Light
Into the Light Like all photographers, especially when we are starting out, I know I’ve been guilty of over processing...
The Palamedes Butterfly Loves Beautiful Mimosa Flowers
Swallowtail in Mimosa Every year in central Florida we have two flights of these large, beautifully marked Palamedes swallowtailed butterflies...
Painted Ladies are One of the Most Colorful Brushfooted Butterflies
Ornamented American painted ladies (Vanessa virginiensis) are all over the place right now. Like the rest of our beautiful butterflies,...
Zebra Swallowtails are Large, Beautiful Butterflies
Sunlit Swallowtail Florida is home to several types of swallowtail butterflies, but one of the most easily identified is the...
Red Spotted Purples Can be Beautifully Colorful Butterflies
Awash in Blue Just about my all time favorite butterfly is the colorful red spotted purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax). I...
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