Red-spotted purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax), high in the mulberry tree, in my garden in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Red-spotted purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax), high in the mulberry tree, in my garden in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Red-spotted purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax), in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Red-spotted purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax), in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Spider Spam: Mature writing spider (Argiope aurantia ♀), with a silk-wrapped June bug beetle (Cotinis nitida).
It’s a mummy! It’s a meal!
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Spider Spam: Mature writing spider (Argiope aurantia ♀), with a silk-wrapped June bug beetle (Cotinis nitida).
It’s a mummy! It’s a meal!
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Unidentified skipper (Family Hesperiidae), in Portsmouth, Virginia.
I think this might be one of the roadside skippers (Amblyscirtes sp.), but what I don’t know about butterflies is a lot.
CORRIGENDUM: Many thanks to dendroica for suggesting that this is likely a female zabulon skipper (Poanes zabulon). When it comes to butterfly identification, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
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Unidentified skipper (Family Hesperiidae), in Portsmouth, Virginia.
I think this might be one of the roadside skippers (Amblyscirtes sp.), but what I don’t know about butterflies is a lot.
CORRIGENDUM: Many thanks to dendroica for suggesting that this is likely a female zabulon skipper (Poanes zabulon). When it comes to butterfly identification, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
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June bug beetle (Cotinis nitida), in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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June bug beetle (Cotinis nitida), in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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