Todays segment of 'Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012' features the boldly flecked Fritillaries. It seems the only Fritillary that flies about our gardens these days is the Greater Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele. Early on, I mistakenly identified these butterflies as Aphrodite Fritillary, but the eminent Lepidopterist Randy Emmitt pointed out that the large beige band near the edge of the outer hindwing indicates that these are in fact Greater Spangled Fritillaries. I do so enjoy these … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Fritillaries
Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Whites and Sulphurs
The Cabbage White Pieris rapae, Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme and Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice, are all inhabitants of Flower Hill Farm and are featured in this installment of Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012. Cabbage Whites 2012 and 2009The Cabbage Whites I have photographed are males. A female has two black dots on each wing.The originally Eurasian and abundant Cabbage White is hardly loved by most farmers and gardeners. I admit to having my own bias against the ghostly … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Whites and Sulphurs
Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Whites and Sulphurs
The Cabbage White Pieris rapae, Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme and Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice, are all inhabitants of Flower Hill Farm and are featured in this installment of Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012. Cabbage Whites 2012 and 2009 The Cabbage Whites I have photographed are males. A female has two black dots on each wing. The originally Eurasian and abundant Cabbage White is hardly loved by most farmers and gardeners. I admit to having my own bias against the ghostly … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Whites and Sulphurs
Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Eastern Tailed-Blue and Summer Azure
Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 continues with two little Blues of the Gossamer-wings family. Last year in July, I had an exciting first capture of an Eastern Tailed-Blue Everes comyntas, which I spotted along the edge of the south field. A bit smaller than the Summer Azure, these small beauties are also considered common throughout most of the eastern half of North America. The Eastern Tailed-Blue has three flights beginning around the middle of May through the first part of … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Eastern Tailed-Blue and Summer Azure
