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Butterflies
Giant Swallowtail 2023
Black Swallowtail
Banded Hairstreak
Monarch Butterfly
Fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
Hydaspe Fritillary
Giant Yellow Swallowtail
The only one I have ever seen and it was a big as my hand!
Small Blue
Cabbage White
Buckeye
Hydaspe Fritillary and Yellow Swallowtail
Morning Cloak: The first butterfly of the season in Minnesota. Taken April 25th, 2020. Sometimes they even emerge when there is snow on the ground! The tattered wings are from bird attacks according to the guide.
1/320 sec. f/7.1 480mm ISO 180
European Skipper on Common Milkweed
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
Checkered-Skipper Butterflies are found in the northern United States and parts of Canada
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