Lost World (2)


We now return to Insect Week+, day 3, switching over to mostly beautiful butterflies in Erie County, Pennsylvania:

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) on Wild Bergamot
Species from the Asteraceae (sunflower) family
Pearl Crescent Butterfly (Phyciodes tharos)
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Probably Wild Indigo Duskywing Moth (Erynnis baptisiae) on a yellow flower
Common Ox-eye (Heliopsis helianthoides), aka False Sunflower
Pearl Crescent Butterfly (Phyciodes tharos)