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| Skipper at Madera Canyon |
At the Tucson Botanical Gardens, we begin our Butterfly Magic. It's a sign that fall has begun here. But let's not be so quick to say goodbye to our butterflies out in the wild. Mother Nature's show has been an exciting one this year. Here's a look back at some of the butterflies and moths I was able to get over this past summer.
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| Spring Azure Butterfly in Madera Canyon |
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| Queen Butterfly mating at Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson, AZ |
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| Painted Lady in the Sonoran Desert at Wassom Peak |
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| Mourning Cloak at Patagonia Lake, AZ |
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| Marine Blue taken at my window here at El Presidio |
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| Pipevine Swallowtail-Ramsey Canyon |
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| Black Swallowtail-the pyramid of the Moon of Teotihuacan in Mexico City(wasn't this summer but it was still a cool shot) |
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| Comma Butterfly, Governor Dodge State Park in Dodgeville, WI |
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| Giant Swallowtail(above and below) in Tucson at our El Presidio Gardens |
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| Arizona Sister-Ramsey Canyon |
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| Common Buckeye, Governor Dodge State Park, Dodgeville WI |
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| American Snout Butterfly-Woodland Dunes Wetlands, Two Rivers, WI |
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| Question Mark Butterfly-Green Bay WI |
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| Tiger Swallowtail Two Rivers, WI on the Lake Michigan Beach |
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| Queen Butterfly in Miller Canyon |
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| Black Witch Moth-Biosphere 2 in Oracle |
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| Gulf Fritillary Tucson Botanical Gardens around their pots |
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| Checkered White Butterfly-Santa Cruz Wash, Tucson |
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| Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly-Ash Canyon |
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| Variegated Fritillary-Patagonia/Arivaca Trail |
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| Zela Metalmark-Ramsey Canyon |
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| Checkerspot-Miller Canyon |
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| Tiger Moth-Montosa Canyon |
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Sara's Orange Tip-Redington Pass
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| Funeral Dusky Butterfly-Miller Canyon |
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| Dicogaster Coronada |
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| Spring Azure Butterfly-Ramsey Canyon |
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| Apatelodes pudefacta |
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| Mexican Fritillary-Arivaca-Patagonia Trail |
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Two Tail Swallowtail-Montosa Canyon
The Tucson Botanical Gardens opens up their Tropical Butterfly Display today! On October 8th, I'll be working in the greenhouse during the afternoon from noon until 3:30. Maybe I'll see you there? But if you can't make it, take a look around you. How many butterflies and moths do you see fluttering about? |
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