Category Archives: Brush-footed

First butterfly of 2016 – Mourning Cloak

Posted on January 3, 2016 by admin

I’ve recently moved to a community that is adjacent to the Northern area of Sleepy Creek WMA. We live at 815 ft. elevation and the trailhead into the WMA is 3 mins away. A hike of 15-35 mins will take … Continue reading →

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Lower Rio Grande Valley

Posted on November 10, 2015 by admin

A much belated posting due to many factors but it’s here at last. What’s not to like about spending a week in the best area of the lower 48 for butterflies? That’s what Barry Marts and I did between Oct … Continue reading →

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Meske’s Skipper

Posted on October 15, 2015 by admin

One last trip within the region occurred last weekend. Tis a sad time as the butterflies will slowly disappear and go into diapause until next season. A local example of a late season species is Leonard’s Skipper which emerges in … Continue reading →

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The hits keep on coming…

Posted on September 30, 2015 by admin

We may get a tropical system in our area during the later half of this coming weekend roughly following the path that Isabel took in September of 2003. During Isabel we had wind gusts here at the house between 50-60 … Continue reading →

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Norfolk Botanical Gardens

Posted on September 19, 2015 by admin

For my money the Norfolk Botanical Gardens has the best butterfly garden in the region. A stunning array of flowers and of course butterflies by the B’zillons this time of year. Twenty eight species were seen with the highlights being … Continue reading →

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