Skippers are feisty little butterflies of the Skippers Hesperiidae Family. Flower Hill Farm has residents from both the Subfamily: Grass Skippers and Spread-wing Skippers. I truly cannot be certain of these tiny creatures but guess this one to be a Black Dash. I am hoping for help from others and then will add the facts about this tiny adorable Skipper later. Peck's Skipper Polites peckius, may be sighted in the hundreds during one of their flight periods. They are most likely to be … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Favorite Skippers
Archives for March 2012
Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Sulphurs and Whites
Orange Sulphur on AsterWe now enter the family Pieridae, of fluttering Whites and Sulphurs, found in the gardens and fields here at Flower Hill Farm over the last few years. Orange sulphur Colias eurytheme and Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice, can be confusing to identify, but not to the female Orange sulphur butterflies, who are attracted to the ultraviolet in the male Orange sulphur upper wings. I enjoy these bright buttery and paler butterflies mostly in mid to late summer and … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Sulphurs and Whites
Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Sulphurs and Whites
Orange Sulphur on Aster We now enter the family Pieridae, of fluttering Whites and Sulphurs, found in the gardens and fields here at Flower Hill Farm over the last few years. Orange sulphur Colias eurytheme and Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice, can be confusing to identify, but not to the female Orange sulphur butterflies, who are attracted to the ultraviolet in the male Orange sulphur upper wings. I enjoy these bright buttery and paler butterflies mostly in mid to late summer and fall, … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Sulphurs and Whites
Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Mourning Cloak and Red Admiral
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa is the first butterfly to appear in April here at Flower Hill Farm. It hibernates as an adult and will awaken sometimes earlier, when the temperatures rise and stay warmer for days . . . as they often do in March.They might crawl out from under a piece of bark or out of a small hollow opening in a tree.I was surprised to learn that a Mourning Cloak butterfly can live up to ten months.This male or female is perched on the ground and as you can see, … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Mourning Cloak and Red Admiral
Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Mourning Cloak and Red Admiral
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa is the first butterfly to appear in April here at Flower Hill Farm. It hibernates as an adult and will awaken sometimes earlier, when the temperatures rise and stay warmer for days . . . as they often do in March.They might crawl out from under a piece of bark or out of a small hollow opening in a tree.I was surprised to learn that a Mourning Cloak butterfly can live up to ten months.This male or female is perched on the ground and as you can see, there is … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ Mourning Cloak and Red Admiral