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Cabbage White Butterfly Photos

By |2023-09-23T05:13:32-06:00September 23rd, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Cabbage White Butterflies, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning, I'm sharing a few photos of male Cabbage White butterflies and Common Sunflowers that I took last Sunday at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

Weidemeyer’s Admiral Butterfly In The Uinta Mountains

By |2023-08-19T04:48:51-06:00August 19th, 2023|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah, Video, Weidemeyer's Admiral Butterflies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was delighted to photograph this Weidemeyer's Admiral butterfly two days ago while I was with April Olson high in the stunning forests of the Uinta Mountains.

Variegated Fritillary Butterfly At Sequoyah NWR

By |2023-07-30T04:45:44-06:00July 30th, 2023|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Variegated Fritillary Butterflies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I am sharing three Variegated Fritillary butterfly photos that I took at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge when I visited my friend, Steve Creek, in June.

Common Buckeye Butterfly Photos From Sequoyah NWR

By |2023-07-07T03:58:30-06:00July 7th, 2023|Categories: Common Buckeye Butterflies, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm sharing four Common Buckeye butterfly photos this morning. These images were taken at beautiful Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oklahoma.

West Desert Butterfly Photos

By |2022-09-09T04:59:28-06:00September 9th, 2022|Categories: Camillus Crescent Butterflies, Mormon Fritillary Butterflies, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Earlier this week I did some West Desert wandering and while I was there I took some butterfly photos that clumps of blooming rabbitbrush had attracted.

Some Recent Butterfly Images

By |2022-09-06T03:28:03-06:00September 6th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Cabbage White Butterflies, Clouded Sulphur Butterflies, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Woodland Skipper Butterflies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning I wanted to share a few of my recent butterfly images taken in the marsh at Bear River MBR and high up in the Wasatch Mountains.

Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly With Serviceberry Blossoms

By |2022-06-12T05:05:39-06:00June 12th, 2022|Categories: Shrubs, Summit County, Two-tailed Swallowtails, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Late last week I stopped my Jeep in the Wasatch Mountains because I spotted a Two-tailed Swallowtail butterfly resting on a blooming serviceberry shrub.

California Tortoiseshell Butterfly And Blooming Fragrant Sumac

By |2022-04-26T05:50:55-06:00April 26th, 2022|Categories: Box Elder County, California Tortoiseshell Butterflies, Shrubs, Trees, Shrubs and Flowers, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had this California Tortoiseshell butterfly nectaring on blooming Fragrant Sumac up in a far northern Utah desert in my viewfinder four years ago today.

Clouded Sulphur Butterfly And Rabbitbrush

By |2021-09-29T06:40:33-06:00September 29th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Clouded Sulphur Butterflies, Shrubs, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I got lucky at one rabbitbrush when I found a Clouded Sulphur butterfly nectaring on what I believe is a Rubber Rabbitbrush.

Summer Dragonflies And Butterflies At Bear River MBR

By |2021-09-29T10:46:39-06:00August 26th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Blue-eyed Darner Dragonflies, Box Elder County, Clouded Sulphur Butterflies, Purplish Copper Butterflies, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I am sharing some of the dragonflies and butterflies I've found at Bear River MBR in the summer.

Poppies, Birds, Trees, Butterflies And A Smoky Haze

By |2023-08-18T12:13:26-06:00August 5th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Trees, Utah, Weidemeyer's Admiral Butterflies, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The first time I raised my lens yesterday morning it was for blooming Prickly Poppies that were along the shoulder of the bumpy gravel road.

Female Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly

By |2021-07-22T05:10:41-06:00July 22nd, 2021|Categories: Great Spangled Fritillary Butterflies, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This is a female Great Spangled Fritillary, a butterfly species that can be abundant in the Wasatch Mountains at this time of the year. 

Fritillary photobombing a Two-tailed Swallowtail butterfly

By |2021-07-20T05:44:59-06:00July 20th, 2021|Categories: Morgan County, Two-tailed Swallowtails, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I photographed a fritillary butterfly photobomb a Two-tailed Swallowtail butterfly as it nectared on a Showy Milkweed high in the Wasatch Mountains.

Two-tailed Swallowtail And Showy Milkweed

By |2023-10-07T09:33:55-06:00July 14th, 2021|Categories: Morgan County, Two-tailed Swallowtails, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I returned home and could view my images on a large screen I was able to identify this swallowtail butterfly as a male Two-tailed Swallowtail.

Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers And A Butterfly

By |2024-02-09T04:59:37-07:00May 23rd, 2021|Categories: California Tortoiseshell Butterflies, Shrubs, Tooele County, Trees, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On a recent trip to the West Desert sky island mountains in Tooele County I found my lens pointed at trees, shrubs, wildflowers and a butterfly.

Male Checkered White Butterflies On Thistles

By |2021-08-26T06:28:25-06:00August 25th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Checkered White Butterflies, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A while back I came across some butterfly photos that I had taken on July 19, 2015 that I hadn't processed or identified so recently I went about finding out what species of butterfly I had photographed.

Weidemeyer’s Admiral Butterflies In The Wasatch Mountains

By |2023-08-19T03:33:07-06:00June 22nd, 2020|Categories: Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Weidemeyer's Admiral Butterflies, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I was able to photograph Weidemeyer's Admiral butterflies up in the Wasatch Mountains on two consecutive days and the butterflies had me all aflutter.

Painted Lady Butterfly And Rocky Mountain Bee Plants

By |2022-10-08T10:04:15-06:00June 10th, 2020|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Painted Lady Butterflies, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'd forgotten about this Painted Lady butterfly I photographed in August of 2017 that I found while photographing hummingbirds on Antelope Island State Park.

Female Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly High In The Wasatch Mountains

By |2021-05-23T06:37:05-06:00August 30th, 2019|Categories: Great Spangled Fritillary Butterflies, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Last year I saw an abundance of Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies in the Wasatch Mountains, it seemed that I could easily spot them flitting about or nectaring on thistles but this year I noticed that these and the numbers of other species of butterflies are way down in numbers

Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly Resting On Black Twinberry Honeysuckle

By |2021-07-22T04:47:28-06:00July 29th, 2019|Categories: Great Spangled Fritillary Butterflies, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm confident in my North American bird ID abilities but when it comes to Fritillary butterfly species ID in the Wasatch Mountains I feel stymied a lot of the time.

Red Admiral Butterflies And Wax Currants In Bloom

By |2021-08-05T18:08:36-06:00May 17th, 2019|Categories: Red Admiral Butterflies, Shrubs, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While I photographed male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds a few days ago in the West Desert I also took a few moments to photograph some of the butterflies nectaring on the blooms of the Wax Currant bush which included Red Admiral butterflies.

Painted Lady And Mourning Cloak Butterflies On Fragrant Sumac

By |2021-05-23T06:33:01-06:00May 9th, 2019|Categories: Box Elder County, Mourning Cloak Butterflies, Painted Lady Butterflies, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This Mourning Cloak butterfly I photographed five days ago not far from where I photographed the Painted Lady was also nectaring on Fragrant Sumac and it too looked a bit worn because they are a migratory butterfly species as well.

Western Branded Skipper Butterflies And Rabbitbrush

By |2022-08-22T04:22:28-06:00September 7th, 2018|Categories: Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, Video, West Desert, Western Branded Skipper Butterfly, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I saw plenty of Western Branded Skipper butterflies nectaring on blooming rabbitbrush in both the canyons I explored yesterday morning and I can't resist, nor do I want to, photographing wildflowers and butterflies.

Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly Photos From The Wasatch Mountains

By |2023-12-12T09:25:45-07:00August 15th, 2018|Categories: Colorado Hairstreak Butterflies, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

I was photographing birds when I spotted a hairstreak butterfly land right in front of me and took some images of it, I didn't know at the time it was a Colorado Hairstreak butterfly, I found that out later after I got home.

Monarch Butterflies and Rocky Mountain Bee Plants in Northern Utah

By |2022-10-08T10:05:36-06:00August 5th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Monarch Butterflies, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last year I found plenty of Monarch Butterflies on the Rocky Mountain Bee Plants on Antelope Island and they were a delight to photograph as they fluttered around going from flower to flower sipping nectar from the delicate blossoms.

Female Great Spangled Fritillary Nectaring on Musk Thistle in the Wasatch Mountains

By |2021-05-16T06:58:44-06:00July 29th, 2018|Categories: Great Spangled Fritillary Butterflies, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week while I was up in a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains I spotted a female Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly nectaring on a Musk Thistle so I felt I had to take photos of she sipped the nectar of the flower.

Fritillary Butterfly – Other Things With Wings

By |2021-05-23T06:42:28-06:00July 13th, 2018|Categories: Summit County, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm going to ask for help later on today from bugguide.net with the identification of this fritillary butterfly. I don't normally have to ask for identification assistance but I need it for this other thing with wings.

Rocky Mountain Bee Plant & Monarch Butterfly In Flight

By |2022-10-08T10:05:58-06:00August 23rd, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Monarch Butterflies, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Photographing birds while they are flying can be challenging and photographing Monarch Butterflies in flight can be just as challenging to do too.

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