It's that time of year again, the birds are pretty straggly after raising their
broods. The flowers are blooming nicely in my rather overgrown butterfly garden
and the butterflies are pretty active. I noticed a Monarch a couple of days ago
and I saw another that was frequenting a Swamp Milkweed so I went out to try and
get a shot or two. There's loads of white's out there, hordes of Silver Spotted
Skippers and the odd Monarch. They must have been around longer than I though
because I found a couple of little Monarch caterpillars. On the way back into
the house I found this Emperor Butterfly on the siding. I get both the Hackberry
Emperor and the Tawny Emperor in the yard and they look very similar. This is a
Hackberry Emperor from the spot markings the wings.
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Monarch
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Monarch
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Hackberry Emperor
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