Peggy C's photos with the keyword: Butterfly

Not expected .. Taken on Monday, 25 Sept 2017 around noon - Saved for differences in flowers... It's not a good photo, but one of those 'well, maybe I can do something with it' .. This is why I never delete photos in the camera .. From SD card to hard drive .. Then, I dig through them for gems .. Hadn't noticed the Painted Ladies on the Zinnias until this morning .. Was looking for something else .. And there they were ! © All Rights Reserved EXPLORE

Colors - Shapes - PiP in left corner of each photo - Japanese Anemone (Honora Jobert) took a month to bloom - False Sunflowers have been blooming forever, it seems - Now .. Pink Zinnias were the flowers of choice for the Painted Lady - Actually there were 2 of them - Happy Butterflying ! © All Rights Reserved

Variegated Fritillary .. in a classic pose .. Euptoita claudia www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Euptoieta-claudia 1st this year ... ** 6 PiP ** on the Left © All Rights Reserved EXPLORE

on Buddleja davidii .. Garden of Surpeises 2015 .. A 'Lifer ' for me .. Wonderful markings and 'Red' hair ! Dedicated to all the 'Red-Heads' on Ipernity ! (c) All Rights Reserved ** 3 notes ** - EXPLORE -

My Deah Friend, in Oklahoma, told me the Eastern Tiger Swallowtails would get here .. tough to believe when one keeps thinking that North Carolina should be a stop before OK .. Anyhow, (Papilio glaucus) .. aka .. Easter Tiger Swallowtail [ m ] was in the yard .. enjoying Creeping Phlox nectar .. shall set my non-existant watch .. head out the door twice daily .. cause saw the Clearwing Moth again .. two of them .. things are looking up flight-wise .. Thank you, SAB ... (c) All Rights Reserved

.. have no idea ! .. ID is: [ Viburnam-Korean Spice ] the Viceroy is on .. would really appreciate it .. have not identified all my plants yet .. too busy snapping butterfly memories and unpacking boxes ~ .. got internet back, so I'll be in more often (c) All Rights Reserved

of the purple Buddleja davidii .. aka - Butterfly Shrub .. just stood next to this explosion of purple .. and snapped away .. they were busy and didn't care .. just as long as I didn't want nectar ~ Eastern Tiger Swallowtail .. www.picmonkey.com © All Rights Reserved

said the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail to the human - we were told to expect you and the black box - some of my friends have joined me - but, being a human -- you will have to look up who they are ! (c) All Rights Reserved .. more info: "The Eastern tiger swallowtail, scientifically known as Papilio glaucus, was designated as North Carolina's state butterfly in June of 2012. The butterfly is native to North America, and one of the most common and most easily recognized species found in the Eastern U.S. It's widely accepted that the Eastern tiger swallowtail was the first North American butterfly species to have been illustrated. John White - an artist and cartographer who was the governor of the Roanoke Island colony (that came to be known as the Lost Colony) - first drew the species in 1587 while on an expedition for Sir Walter Raleigh in Virginia. The male is usually yellow with four black stripes on each wing. Females are usually yellow or black. You'll find them from spring to the fall, and usually around the edges of woods, in open fields, in gardens or by roadsides. They usually hang out around the tops of trees, but they like to drink from puddles on the ground (sometimes in large huddles or clusters)."