Because I’m not….

It’s been an amazing summer for butterflies this year. I try to get out a couple times a day with the camera. I spend maybe 20 minutes at a time, and usually come in with multple pics of at least 5 types of butterflies.

These little Northern Crescents have been amazingly abundant this year. They are EVERYwhere.

They are almost as abundant as the White Cabbage Butterflies.

At any given time, I’d say there are 10-15 White Cabbages flitting about the yard.

While I’ve seen fewer monarch caterpillars than last year, there’s definitely more monarchs

This is the first time I’ve been able to capture a pair mating!

We’ve had quite a few Emperor butterflies… this one could be a Hackberry or a Tawny – but I can’t tell unless he opens his wings (Hackberries are orange, while tawnies are beige)

The Red Spotted Purples really love the Black Knight Butterfly bush.

But the White Profusion bush will do too!

These little Skippers are all over the place too! I’ve learned that their host plant it grass (just about any type of grass apparently) – so it’s no surprise to find them in a backyard!

And of course, the Clearwing Moths always delight me!

I mean… how could they not???