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Category Archives: eastern tailed-blue
Late Summer Prairie Walk
I went on a nature walk today, organized by the Iowa Prairie Network, at the property of Bill and Sibylla Brown. They have land in southern Iowa, and have done a lot of work to restore the biological function of … Continue reading
A Pleasant Morning
I went to an Iowa Prairie Network event today, at the Lomp Lengeling Farms near Collins, Iowa. Parts of the farm, including a small but diverse prairie remnant and some degraded savanna are being managed in order to aid the … Continue reading
Posted in butterflies, eastern tailed-blue, insects, Uncategorized
Tagged blister beetle, macro photography, prairies, syrphid fly
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Recent Activity.
As summer slips past some critters are at the peak of their activity. I have been doing a lot of travelling, but have still been able to get a few photos in here and there. I saw this eastern tailed-blue … Continue reading
Recent Butterflies
Butterflies are less common this year than most. Still, there are some good ones out there. This is a summer azure, one of the two most common blue butterflies in Iowa. You can tell the difference between them by how … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, macro photography, nature, summer azure
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First of the Year Butterflies
I had some business to do today so I took a day off from work. I got some first-of-the year butterflies: First photographed for all of them, first seen for the eastern comma and American lady. First, the eastern comma. … Continue reading
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Tagged american lady, eastern comma, macro photography, nature
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Recent Butterflies
I have been lucky enough to have some time to photograph butterflies recently, and here are a few I have seen. This red-spotted purple was at The Ledges on Sunday. This eastern tiger swallowtail was visiting a wild bergamot in … Continue reading
Noon Walk Butterflies
I take a walk over my lunch break, and I count butterflies as I am doing it. Here are the results of this year’s surveys. I saw 24 species, 943 total butterflies. The species where I counted more than one … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly, butterfly surveys, Outdoors, wildlife
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A Small Butterfly
Butterflies are few and far between now, unlike the conditions usually encountered in September in Iowa. I did see this eastern tailed-blue yesterday, though.
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A Morning Drink
An eastern tailed-blue, Cupido comyntas, drinks nectar from the flowers of Canada goldenrod. We have had a long stretch of hot, dry weather and the butterflies are not present in the high numbers that they usually have this time of … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, Cupido comyntas, macro photography
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Butterfly Love
Butterflies mate tail-to-tail. They can fly, although clumsily in this position. I found this pair, initially, when I noticed them flying. These are eastern tailed-blues. They have been pretty numerous this year, while many other species have been mostly absent.
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