Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 continues on this Earth Day, celebrating the butterflies that were sighted on our farm mostly over the past year. This installment features the teeny and erratic Skippers of the Hesperiidae family.Skippers may not be the showiest of butterflies and this makes them all the more challenging to identify. Here is a terrific video site which reveals live in the field skippers that is great for learning how to identify these little butterflies.I have tried with the … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Skippers
Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Fritillaries
Todays segment of 'Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012' features the boldly flecked Fritillaries. It seems the only Fritillary that flies about our gardens these days is the Greater Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele. Early on, I mistakenly identified these butterflies as Aphrodite Fritillary, but the eminent Lepidopterist Randy Emmitt pointed out that the large beige band near the edge of the outer hindwing indicates that these are in fact Greater Spangled Fritillaries. I do so enjoy … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Fritillaries
Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Fritillaries
Todays segment of 'Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012' features the boldly flecked Fritillaries. It seems the only Fritillary that flies about our gardens these days is the Greater Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele. Early on, I mistakenly identified these butterflies as Aphrodite Fritillary, but the eminent Lepidopterist Randy Emmitt pointed out that the large beige band near the edge of the outer hindwing indicates that these are in fact Greater Spangled Fritillaries. I do so enjoy these … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Fritillaries
Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Whites and Sulphurs
The Cabbage White Pieris rapae, Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme and Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice, are all inhabitants of Flower Hill Farm and are featured in this installment of Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012. Cabbage Whites 2012 and 2009The Cabbage Whites I have photographed are males. A female has two black dots on each wing.The originally Eurasian and abundant Cabbage White is hardly loved by most farmers and gardeners. I admit to having my own bias against the ghostly … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Whites and Sulphurs
Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Whites and Sulphurs
The Cabbage White Pieris rapae, Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme and Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice, are all inhabitants of Flower Hill Farm and are featured in this installment of Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012. Cabbage Whites 2012 and 2009 The Cabbage Whites I have photographed are males. A female has two black dots on each wing. The originally Eurasian and abundant Cabbage White is hardly loved by most farmers and gardeners. I admit to having my own bias against the ghostly … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Whites and Sulphurs
