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Butterflies of 2017

January 24, 2018 by Carol Duke 10 Comments

Butterflies of 2017

During this cold winter, I am sorting through brightly colored photographs from my compilation of Flower Hill Farm butterflies entitled ~ Butterflies of 2017. Over the years, I have documented fifty plus species of butterflies by family on my website under Photography and Wildlife. All are species that I was fortunate to find here within my 21 acre wildlife habitat. I have made an exception in this post and have included a picture of a few Northern Pearly Eyes not taken on my property. I had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: American Copper, American Lady, Aphrodite Fritillary, Banded Hairstreak, Black Swallowtail, Butterflies, Cabbage White Butterfly, Clouded Sulphur, Common Ringlet, Eastern Black Swallowtail, Eastern Tailed-Blue, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Gossamer-wings, Great Spangled Fritillary, Little Wood Satyr, Milkweed, Monarch Butterfly Metamorphosis, Pearl Crescent, Red-spotted Purple, Silver-spotted Skipper, Silvery Blue, Spicebush Swallowtail, Sulphurs, Summer Spring Azure, Viceroy Butterfly Tagged With: Butterflies, Wildlife, winter

Butterflies in the Gardens

March 16, 2015 by Carol Duke 8 Comments

Butterflies in the Gardens

Flower Hill Farm Families of Butterflies from 2014 — There were many butterflies in the gardens of Flower Hill Farm in 2014 but there were varied species missing too. I missed each butterfly like a dear friend who moves away and will not be around to share the apple blossoms or champagne lunches. For now, I celebrate the butterflies that made it and were on wing within our gardens last season.  The showy swallowtails always stir the currents with their large wings and are easily noted around … [Read more...]

Filed Under: American Copper, American Lady, Aphrodite Fritillary, Attracting Butterflies, Banded Hairstreak, Black Swallowtail Butterfly, Butterflies, Cabbage White Butterfly, Clouded Sulphur, Common Ringlet, Common Wood Nymph, Eastern Comma, Eastern Tailed-Blue, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2014, Fritillary, Giant Swallowtail, Gossamer-wings, Great Spangled Fritillary, Hobomok Skipper, Juvenal's Duskywing, Little Wood Satyr, Monarch Butterfly, Mourning Cloak butterfly, Pearl Crescent Butterfly, Red-spotted Purple, Silver-spotted Skipper, Skippers, Spicebush Swallowtail, Summer Garden, Summer Spring Azure, Tiger Swallowtail, Viceroy Butterfly

Spring’s Resolve Bluebirds and Tree Swallows

April 26, 2014 by Carol Duke Leave a Comment

Spring’s Resolve Bluebirds and Tree Swallows

  Property disputes between bluebirds and tree swallows, and tree swallows and tree swallows seem to be resolved by now and life is very busy with serious nesting preparations here at Flower Hill Farm.  Today I took my first butterfly photo of 2014 — caught a whisper of light in a Cabbage White while she rested between sips of daffodil nectar. I invite you to scroll through to see the animated birds and a honeybee too.                  Migratory songbirds … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bluebird, Cabbage White Butterfly, crocus, Honeybee, iris reticulata, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Tree Swallows

Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Whites and Sulphurs

April 15, 2013 by Carol Duke Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Butterflies, Cabbage White Butterfly, Clouded Sulphur, Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012, Orange Sulphur

Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Whites and Sulphurs

April 15, 2013 by Carol Duke Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Butterflies, Cabbage White Butterfly, Clouded Sulphur, Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012, Orange Sulphur

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