Category Archives: Whites and Sulphurs

West Virginia White

Posted on May 11, 2015 by admin

Once a year in April through mid-May there is a flight of West Virginia White in the mountains of WV. Toothworts are the preferred food plant. They can be identified via the lack of any spots on the forewings (although … Continue reading →

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Big Bend National Park and the Edwards Plateau

Posted on April 30, 2015 by admin

I finally made the trip out to Big Bend National Park in west Texas. The main reason was to find Colima Warbler in the Chisos mountains. This is the only location in the lower 48 where you can see the … Continue reading →

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Found my Marbles!

Posted on April 12, 2015 by admin

Despite a cool breeze and temps not getting above 60 it was sunny enough to get things moving as Barry Marts and I started around 12:30 pm.  It didn’t take long before the first Sleepy Duskywing (2) of the season … Continue reading →

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South Florida

Posted on January 13, 2015 by admin

I spent a long weekend in southern Florida bird watching but managed to get in a couple hours for butterflies. Although it’s not the best time of year for diversity there are species that do fly year round (Don’t we … Continue reading →

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Late November butterflies

Posted on November 24, 2014 by admin

Had an Orange Sulphur and a Painted Lady in the yard today. Temps were near 70.

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