Beth's Patch ~ Butterflies

 Recently we've had the first of the year Ocola Skipper in our yard along with the return of the Pearl Crescent butterfly which hadn't been seen for over 2 months.  Also a mint fresh Spicebush Swallowtail has stopped by.

Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly

Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly

 

Ocola Skipper

Ocola Skipper

Pearl Crescent butterfly

Beth's Patch ~ Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly

Just born ~ This Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar who is eating the egg from which it hatched.  See the other egg near by.  There should be another caterpillar shortly.

Beth's Patch ~ Recent Butterflies

Red Admiral Butterfly

Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly laying eggs

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Painted Lady Butterfly

Mating Monarch Butterflies

North Cape May ~ Recent Yard Butterflies

Common Buckeye

Question Mark Butterfly laying eggs

Green set of eggs are Question Mark Butterfly eggs

Spicebush Swallowtail

American Snout

Middle Township Bike Path Butterflies

Monarch on Butterfly Weed

This is the first time I have walked the Middle Twp Bike Path but last year a friend was seeing Coral Hairstreaks along the path so when they were seen again this year I decided to take a look.  Sure enough I was lucky enough to find 2 of them which was a life butterfly for me. Then I also got good looks at a Rare Skipper which was another life butterfly.

Coral Hairstreak on Butterfly Weed ~ Life Butterfly

Coral Hairstreak - another view

Rare Skipper ~ Life Butterfly

Viceroy Butterfly

Spicebush Swallowtail Butterflies On Butterfly Weed

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Kill Devil Hills & Nags Head, Outer Banks, NC

This morning we went to the Wright Brothers National Memorial Park.  We arrived in time to hear the National Park Ranger talk about the development of the plane that brothers designed and then flew back in 1903.  It took them 4 years of experimentation and perseverance but their flight changed the world forever.  I found the talk very interesting along with the samples of their work.  Next we went to the Outer Banks Arboretum for a walk around their property.  Our next stop was at the Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve where we walked 2 different trails.  The first trail we saw several Common Wood-Nymph butterflies and a numbers of toads and frogs.  The second trail featured a small butterfly garden filled with several species of swallowtails in addition to Pearl Crescent and Common Buckeye.  Along the trail we saw turtles sunning themselves on a log. This is a park that I would return to for a longer visit time premitting.

Common Wood-Nymph Butterfly

Pearl Crescent Butterfly

Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly

Wordless Wednesday - Butterflies @CMBO - Goshen

Spicebush Swallowtail

Common Wood-Nymph Butterfly

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Red-banded Hairstreak

Horace's Dustywing

Broad-winged Skipper