Butterfly And Wildlife Gardening And Photography» Fiery Skipper

Fiery Skipper, American Painted Lady, and Red Admiral Butterflies

texdr — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:51:19 +0000

I had quite a few Butterflies in the backyard today, much more so than normal. The Zinnia garden is attracting many insects including Honeybees, Carpenter Bees, and of course, Butterflies. The Lantana also appears to be a Butterfly favorite.

This is an American Painted Lady on a Red Zinnia flower.

American Painted Lady Butterfly On Red Zinnia

Although I’ve seen them in the backyard before, I don’t believe I’ve ever taken a picture of the Red Admiral Butterfly. This one was really drawn to the Lantana, and from the looks of the hind wings, it looks like it’s seen better days.

Red Admiral On Lantana

Red Admiral Butterfly On Old Purple Coneflower

Last, but not least is a Fiery Skipper Butterfly. These things are always a challenge to photograph as they don’t stay in one place for very long.

Fiery Skipper Butterfly On Lantanta

Fiery Skipper Butterfly On Indian Blanket Wildflower

texdr — Sat, 14 May 2011 01:44:22 +0000

I saw a couple of these little Fiery Skipper Butterflies chasing each other in the Wildflower garden.

If I’m not mistaken, this Butterfly is a male.

Fiery Skipper On Indian Blanket

Fiery Skipper Visits The Garden

texdr — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:30:57 +0000

While I was out trying to take some pictures of the Dragonflies, there was this tiny Butterfly that kept darting in and out of the garden. Finally, the tiny Butterfly stopped to take a break on the pole, and I was able to identify it as a Fiery Skipper.

Fiery Skipper On Pole

Butterflies And Bees

texdr — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:31:37 +0000

Active day today for Butterflies and Honeybees. They tend to fight on the Cigar Bush. We also had two Eastern Black Swallowtails hatch and one Polydamas. The Skippers were lively today as well. Last but not least, there were a couple of young Monarchs flying around.

My best shot I’ve ever taken of the Fiery Skipper.

Fiery Skipper On Butterfly Bush

This poor old Gulf Fritillary was trying to get some nectar from the Hummingbird feeders and kept getting constantly harassed.

Gulf Fritillary Harassed By Honeybee

Gulf Fritillary With Honeybee

Here’s some Monarch pictures.

Male Monarch Resting On Milkweed

Monarch Feeding On Cigar Bush

Monarch Blue Background

Here’s an Eastern Black Swallowtail that had just hatched.

Newly Hatched Eastern Black Swallowtail On Butterfly Bush

Life Of A Pimp

texdr — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:52:09 +0000

Remember Alvin, the first of Timothia’s offspring who hatched yesterday (May 22)? Today he had a brother who was born, and whereas Alvin couldn’t seem to care less about another Butterfly, his brother, Brutus, is an all out Pimp!

First came this Painted Lady Butterfly trying to impress Brutus

Brutus Has A Visitor

Shortly after the Painted Lady Butterfly stopped by, a Fiery Skipper Butterfly also landed right next to Brutus.

Aye Aye Skipper

He still didn’t budge.