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butterflies butterflies everywhere
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

Going back in time now to mid September, we returned to Inglis Island. There were all kinds of little creatures we managed to take pictures of, so many that I’m breaking this park visit into two posts. This one will be for the butterflies.

A species that looks pretty close to a phaon crescent is particularly dense on this island, though we’ve only rarely seen it elsewhere.

crescent

Gulf fritillaries, on the other hand are at nearly every park we visit.

frits

Buckeyes are also common elsewhere, but these here seem to have larger eyespots and are just more brightly colored than individuals we see elsewhere.

buckeye

A first sighting for us of a cassius blue

blue

As well as a first sighting of a barred yellow, whose summer form is white

barred yellow

This seems closest to a dramatically colored sleepy orange. Drinking the same nectar with the extra pizzazz as the buckeyes. Although these we only saw at the far western tip of the island.

very sleepy

Some kind of grass skipper

grass skipper

Long tailed skipper, one of many.

long

Zebra longwings, taken by Mike.

zebra

Giant swallowtail. It was too heavy to actual land on the flowers, so it would just kind of hover, always beating its wings, over each flower. Also notice the green lynx spider waiting for a smaller meal to visit.

giant

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