The garden is just magical -- as soon as I walk outside, I see dozens of butterflies fluttering about, and I'm literally mesmerized for some time. And finally, the male Monarchs have started to join the females. So I get to add a new picture to my Butterfly ID page, which shows easy ways to distinguish Queens, Monarchs, Soldiers, and Viceroys. Here's the image I'm adding in -- see the updated page for the whole set of photos.
Thank you! I always call them her...now I can be sure! Now to pop over to your id page! gail
Meredith,
Seems are are a bit alike, after reading your scrap posting. Now you have a butterfly guide page. Here is mine on the monarchs http://www.rlephoto.com/04brushfoots.htm#monarchs
All the butterflies in the Carolinas see
http://www.rlephoto.com/species_list.htm
I worked on this for 8 years!
Wow, Randy. That's really impressive. I can see why it took you eight years -- you have created an outstanding and very thorough resource. And that Red-Spotted Purple is just about the prettiest butterfly I've ever seen!
I am really enjoying this series--so much so that I think I'm going to play hooky for a an hour or two tomorrow to see if I can do a little butterfly hunting with my camera...
Do it! Can't wait to see pics!