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Happy Butterfly
![]() This toxic butterfly has bright warning colors on its wings | ![]() I teach an informative class about Gulf Fritillaries. | ![]() These butterflies are common across the eastern United States. |
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![]() This is a male and is found in the forests of Tennessee. | ![]() This pollen-covered female is laying eggs on the vine. | ![]() This western butterfly is often confused with the Tiger Swallowtail, but you can see that this one is...Pale. |
![]() A darling butterfly that is common in the Northwest. | ![]() Every butterfly species makes a unique chrysalis. | ![]() Swallowtails nectar while in flight. |
![]() "Puddling" is a way for butterflies to extract nutrients out of wet soil. | ![]() This Zebra Longwing is drinking nectar from a Panama Rose flower | ![]() The smallest kind of butterfly in Florida |
![]() Many butterflies only live a few weeks, but the Zebra Longwing can live for up to 9 months! | ![]() Some butterflies in Florida are seasonal and some are year-round. | ![]() This is our largest butterfly. Did you know that some farmers spray insecticides to kill her caterpillars? |
![]() There is no scientific difference between a butterfly and a moth. Generally, butterflies are day flying moths. | ![]() Did you know that most butterflies do not make a cocoon? That is a misunderstanding. They make a pupa or a chrysalis. | ![]() These butterflies can be found across the south eastern US |
![]() This is not a Monarch Butterfly. It is lacking the black veins in the forewings. It is a mimic. | ![]() This elegant butterfly loves to visit roadside grass patches and flies low to the ground. | ![]() Two of these are mating and one rogue male is not happy about it. |
![]() All caterpillars are juveniles. When your have a true butterfly habitat, you have lots of baby butterflies. | ![]() Butterflies may just inspire you to bring out your creative side. This is one way they inspired me. | ![]() Not native to the USA but a beauty! |
![]() Some butterflies can be seen folded up before they emerge. | ![]() These lovely butterflies are found in Oregon. | ![]() Not a Swallowtail, but big and impressive! |
![]() False eyes look like an owl! | ![]() An Oregon flyer. | ![]() These are useful for rain forest butterflies in captivity. |
![]() Caterpillars blend in very well. |
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