Category Archives: Milkweed Butterflies

Lower Rio Grande Valley

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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The hits keep on coming…

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

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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Sleepy Orange

The Lantana and Butterfly Bushes are bringing in the butterflies. I was thrilled to see a Sleepy Orange at the house this afternoon. Othe species included a couple of Common Buckeyes, Meadow Fritillary, Sachem, worn Tawney-edged and Peck’s Skippers, Common … Continue reading

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Leonard’s Skippers – Gray Commas – Harvester

Barry Marts and I made a couple of trips over the Labor Day weekend. One was this past Saturday to the Soldier’s Delight NA serpentine barrens in Baltimore county, MD and the other was to Garrett county on Monday 9-7. … Continue reading

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