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Mournful Butterfly

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you...

Mournful Butterfly

MOURNFUL BUTTERFLY, Erynnis tristis (Hesperiidae), spreads its wings on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Eyes Have It

THE EYES of the Mournful or Sad Dusky-Wing, Erynnis tristis (Hesperiidae) are vivid in this photo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Golden Pollen

GOLDEN POLLEN glitters on the head of a Mournful Dusky-Wing. Butterflies are often overlooked as pollinators. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, July 2, 2010 at 8:27 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

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E. T., Where Are You?

Call it the "Mournful Dusky-Wing" or the "Sad Dusky-Wing." Call it what you will, but the Erynnis...

Mournful Dusky-Wing

MOURNFUL DUSKY-WING butterfly nectaring lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tip Top
Tip Top

CAUGHT ON THE FLY, a female Erynnis tristis visits lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 8:39 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (297), Erynnis tristis (2), Mournful Dusky-Wing (2), Sad Dusky-Wing (1)

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