Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 19, 2023
Monarch Butterflies
Tag Archives: Butterfly
Gulf Fritillary Butterfly
A Gulf Fritillary feeding on statice at the edge of a marsh.
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
September 2, 2023
Swallowtail on Statice
I’ve referred to this type of butterfly as a Black Swallowtail before, but have learned it is probably a Palamedes Swallowtail.
Either way, this one put on a nice show for me while he was getting some sustenance from statice growing at the edge of a pond.
I was able to shift a little and get a different background that was all vegetation.
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, Green Pond, SC
August 27, 2023
Yellow Swallowtail on Lantana
A stand of Lantana was thriving in a shady spot next to a small pond.
This Swallowtail was all over the flowers.
Why fly when you can walk?
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
August 20, 2023
Silent Sunday: Swallowtail on Buttonbush
Magnolia Plantation & Garden, Charleston, SC
June 16, 2023
Monarch on Statice
I saw this one Monarch Butterfly flitting around wild statice.
Grassland-Woodland Trail
Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC
May 29, 2023
Silver-spotted Skipper On Purple Iris
One of my favorite flowers decorated by a butterfly
Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
April 6, 2023
Butterfly on Native Azalea
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 5, 2023
Butterfly Contrast
Here’s another view of the bold Gulf Fritillary I featured yesterday.
In contrast, this one was tattered and faded.
That’s quite a chunk missing out of his forewing, and the hind wings have some damage, too. But he could still fly.
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
November 26, 2022
Butterflies on Honeysuckle
As the morning warmed up I could smell the honeysuckle as I walked along the dike and pretty soon several butterflies appeared.
This Gulf Fritillary was a very bold orange, and in pristine shape like he had just hatched.
Several Skippers were intent on feeding from the underside of the leaves, this one popped out for just a moment.
This last butterfly looks like a Sulpher Butterfly, but was much smaller, about this size of a dime (Diameter 0.750 in. ~ 19.05 mm) . Research turns up it is likely a Little Yellow.
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
November 26, 2022