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Skipping Along

As fall fades and winter beckons, we're still seeing skipper butterflies foraging in cosmos,...

A skipper on a cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A skipper on a cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a skipper. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a skipper. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, November 25, 2013 at 10:00 PM

Comments: 2

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (297), cosmos (9), Hesperiidae (2), skipper butterflies (1)

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

Comments: 0

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Arthur Shapiro (0), Erynnis tristis (Hesperiidae). (0), Mournful Dusky-Wing (0)

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