{"id":128836,"date":"2024-05-21T02:46:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T07:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=128836"},"modified":"2024-05-20T16:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T21:01:42","slug":"butterfly-photos-from-tishomingo-national-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/05\/21\/butterfly-photos-from-tishomingo-national-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly Photos From Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning, I wanted to share a few more things with wings: a set of butterfly photos I took recently at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

\"VariegatedVariegated Fritillary butterfly at Tishomingo NWR \u2013 Nikon D500, f9, 1\/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve photographed Variegated Fritillary butterflies before at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> in Oklahoma. I was delighted to find this fritillary nectaring at the refuge last week. This butterfly species can be found in grasslands, farmland, roadsides, and other open areas. I found this one along a grassy, wildflower-filled roadside at the refuge.<\/p>\n

\"OrangeOrange Sulphur butterfly on a coneflower \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/3200, ISO 1250, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Orange Sulphur butterflies are new to me, or at least, I’ve never photographed one before, which makes this one a lifer for me. Adult Orange Sulphurs feed on nectar from various flowers, including milkweeds, coneflowers, asters, and goldenrods. This Orange Sulphur happened to be nectaring on a coneflower in a small patch of wildflowers.<\/p>\n

\"PhaonPhaon Crescent butterfly on an Upright Prairie Coneflower \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/2500, ISO 1250, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Phaon Crescent butterflies are also lifers for me since this is the first time I’ve photographed this species. This small crescent butterfly was in the same patch of wildflowers as the Orange Sulphur.<\/p>\n

\"PhaonPhaon Crescent butterfly at Tishomingo NWR \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/2500, ISO 1250, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Phaon Crescent butterflies are dainty little things with checkered wings. I saw several of them nectaring on Upright Prairie Coneflowers at the refuge, along with many other butterflies that I have yet to photograph and identify.<\/p>\n

This patch of wildflowers, and the butterflies in it, are quickly becoming a favorite sight for me at Tishomingo NWR.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see my insect and spider galleries. Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning, I wanted to share a few more things with wings: a set of butterfly photos I took recently at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13973,15079,15090,15021,14226],"tags":[4004,6627,6098,6557,7353,13984,15102,6041,6042,15097,15080,15098,15033,15100,13289,14228,4040,6518,12033,6634,1799,6044,14021,15096,15081,6509,15099,15092,15091,15032,12971,165,1571,12179,15058,15057,15031,14227,15101,4307,5063],"class_list":["post-128836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oklahoma","category-orange-sulphur-butterflies","category-phaon-crescent-butterflies","category-tishomingo-national-wildlife-refuge","category-variegated-fritillary-butterflies","tag-adult","tag-bloom","tag-blooming","tag-blooms","tag-blossoms","tag-bottomlands","tag-butteflies","tag-butterflies","tag-butterfly","tag-buttrflies","tag-colias-eurytheme","tag-coneflower","tag-coneflowers","tag-crescent","tag-cresents","tag-euptoieta-claudia","tag-feeding","tag-flowering","tag-fritillaries","tag-fritillary","tag-insects","tag-nectaring","tag-oklahoma","tag-orange-sulphur","tag-orange-sulphur-butterfly","tag-orange-wildflowers","tag-phaon-crescent","tag-phaon-crescent-butterfly","tag-phyciodes-phaon","tag-ratibida-columnifera","tag-red-wildflowers","tag-spring","tag-sulphur","tag-sulphurs","tag-tishomingo-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-tishomingo-nwr","tag-upright-prairie-coneflower","tag-variegated-fritillary","tag-variegated-fritillary-butterfly","tag-wildflowers","tag-yellow-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t