Our most common butterfly right now.This one is rarer.
If you like identifying butterflies and moths, check out this site. The one above, I discovered, is a California Tortoise Shell, (photo credit Jr.). My Golden Nature Guide to Butterflies and Moths, published in 1964, is a little out of date and didn't have it. But it helped me narrow down the search. It has many common species, like this caterpillar of the White-marked Tussock Moth, which it says "is a serious pest of many deciduous trees."
If you like identifying butterflies and moths, check out this site. The one above, I discovered, is a California Tortoise Shell, (photo credit Jr.). My Golden Nature Guide to Butterflies and Moths, published in 1964, is a little out of date and didn't have it. But it helped me narrow down the search. It has many common species, like this caterpillar of the White-marked Tussock Moth, which it says "is a serious pest of many deciduous trees."
I'm hoping to see the huge moth that visits the bee balm at dusk, this year. I'll try to get a picture, it's as big as a hummingbird.
It's 65 degrees and breezy at 9:15 am.
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