Clouds of Sachem and other skippers in my yard this AM after those 2 days of rain, rain and more rain. Low estimate is about 75. Can you find the the 8 skippers in the image?
Showing posts with label Sachem Skippers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sachem Skippers. Show all posts
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Monday, August 22, 2022
Honeycroft Village ~ Butterflies Around my Yard
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| Yard Butterfly #24 Fiery Skipper |
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| Yard Butterfly #24 ~ Fiery Skipper |
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| Yard Butterfly #25 ~ Common Buckeye |
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| Yard Butterfly #23 ~ Gray Hairstreak |
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| Zabulon Skipper ~ Female |
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| Zabulon Skipper ~ Male |
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| Sachem Skippers |
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| Painted Lady |
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| Painted Lady |
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Beth's Patch ~ Autumn Joy Sedum And Pollinators
Autumn Joy Sedum is a "chocolate cake" to the butterflies & bugs when blooming in the fall. It can get tall, leggy and fall over so I cut mine back twice during the summer so it gets bushier and stays more compact. Sedum loves full sun but can also take partial shade. It's so worth it to have in your gardens. And if you knock a branch off just stick it into the ground where it'll root itself
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| Sachem Skippers |
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| Gray Hairstreak |
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| Summer Azure |
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| Summer Azure (top left) and Eastern-tailed Blue (bottom right) |
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| Crab Spider waiting to take an unsuspecting butterfly |
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| American Lady |
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| Painted Ladies and Common Buckeyes |
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| Native Honey Bee |
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| Milkweed Bug |
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Beth's Patch ~ Sachem Skippers
Two weeks ago the Sachem Skipper population exploded in my yard and elsewhere in the county. There were and estimated 125 on day, then 200 estimated in the yard the following day. I think the highest estimate of Sachem skippers was 300. Then mating activity was seen and the male skippers are just attaching any poor female that happens to be around trying to nectar.
Friday, September 25, 2020
Beth's Patch ~ Butterflies on Autumn Joy Sedum
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| Monarch Butterflies |
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| Aaron's Skipper |
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| American Lady Butterfly |
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| Common Buckeye Butterflies |
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| Gray Hairstreak Butterfly |
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| Monarch Butterfly |
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| Sachem Skippers |
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| Silver-spotted Skipper and Sachem Skipper |
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Monday, September 24, 2018
Thursday, July 27, 2017
My Yard ~ Butterflies & Dragonflies
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| Sachem Skippers on parade |
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| Painted Lady Butterfly on Cosmos |
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| Monarch Butterfly on Tropical Milkweed |
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| Halloween Pennant Dragonfly |
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| Halloween Pennant Dragonfly |
Saturday, November 19, 2016
My Gardens ~Mid November Butterflies
Today's temps were in the high 60's with lots of sun which was great but the winds were 15-20 which probably kept the numbers of butterflies down but still a respectable numbers of species at 8 and another 3 species of caterpillars.
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| American Lady Butterfly |
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| Common Buckeye Butterfly |
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| Fiery Skipper - Female |
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| Eclosed Monarch Butterfly today |
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| Sachem Skippers |
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| Variegated Fritillary Butterfly |
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