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  • While uncommon in Florida, this pair of common wood nymph butterflies was obviously preoccupied from their normal habit of flying away and landing on the other side of pine trees to escape being photographed!
    Mating Common Wood Nymphs
  • Southern pearly eye chased all over the place then photographed in Paynes Prairie State Park, Alachua County, Fl.
    Southern Pearly Eye
  • Queen butterfly feeding on a wildflower in the Big Cypress National Preserve. This is a butterfly nearly always found in and around wetlands in South Florida with lots of wildflowers.
    Queen
  • Female common buckeye in the Big Cypress National Preserve, off of Loop Road.
    Common Buckeye
  • Close-up after a maddening chase through the woods in rural Central Florida.
    Southern Pearly Eye
  • Zebra longwing butterfly seen in the Corkscrew Swamp. These are extremely common in South Florida, but maddening to try to photograph because of their rapid and erratic flight.
    Zebra Longwing
  • Viceroy butterfly in the heat of a summer day in the Corkscrew Swamp in SW Florida. This is one of the several species to mimic the Monarch's colors and pattern - known to birds for being toxic to eat.
    Viceroy
  • Julia butterfly flying from flower to flower in the CREW Marsh Hiking Trails in Collier County, Florida. This one is absolutely stunning to see in person!
    Julia
  • A gulf fritillary butterfly feeds on a buttonbush flower in Southern Georgia.
    Gulf Fritillary
  • Monarch Butterflies enjoying a last meal before heading across the Gulf of Mexico for Central America. These were seen along the coast in the thousands at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County.
    Monarch Migration
  • The spotted underside of the wings and striped body make a nice contrast in white to the gulf fritillary's bright orange overall coloring.
    Gulf Fritillary
  • Male common buckeye on Sanibel Island.
    Common Buckeye
  • Three male zebra longwings were excitedly waiting for this new female to emerge from her pupa in the Corkscrew Swamp in SW Florida. This is a common mating practice for longwings.
    Zebra Longwing Mating Ritual
  • Viceroy butterfly posing on a leaf in Tallahassee, Fl.
    Viceroy
  • Viola's wood satyr catching some rays in a clearing in the Goethe State Forest in Levy County, Florida. Nearly impossible to catch as they only land for fractions of a second, the damaged wing helped me get this photograph.
    Viola's Wood Satyr
  • White Peacock feeding on common beggar's-ticks in the Fakahatchee Strand in SW Florida. These are extremely common on hot, humid mornings in the southern part of the state.
    White Peacock
  • Hackberry butterfly resting after being chased down for a period of time and finally photographed near the Apalachicola River at Torreya State Park on the Florida Panhandle.
    Hackberry Butterfly
  • Queen butterfly feeding on a wildflower in the Big Cypress National Preserve. This is a butterfly nearly always found in and around wetlands in South Florida with lots of wildflowers.
    Queen
  • White Peacock seen in CREW Marsh Hiking Trails Collier County, just east of Estero, Florida. These are unbelievably common in this area.
    White Peacock
  • Gulf fritillary seen in Jefferson County, Florida. This shot was actually taken from behind the wheel in our car, when we saw it on the side of the road.
    Gulf Fritillary
  • Red Spotted Purple seen in Madison County, Florida. It was chased up an old Indian Mound (Letchworth Mound) and somehow managed to be photographed by an out-of-breath photographer!
    Red-Spotted Purple
  • A female pearl crescent feeds on the nectar of a wildflower in a forest clearing in northern Gadsden County, near the Florida-Georgia border.
    Pearl Crescent
  • Julia butterfly in the Florida Everglades near Homestead.
    Julia
  • A beautiful gulf fritillary in the Big Cypress National Preserve.
    Gulf Fritillary
  • Female pearl crescent in CREW Marsh Hiking Trails east of Estero, Fl.
    Pearl Crescent
  • Queen butterfly feeding on a wildflower in the Big Cypress National Preserve. This is a butterfly nearly always found in and around wetlands in South Florida with lots of wildflowers.
    Queen
  • Hackberry butterfly chased through a forest and photographed on the side of a tree near Tallahassee, Fl.
    Hackberry Butterfly
  • Gulf fritillary on the beach in Naples, Fl.
    Gulf Fritillary