Butterflies..
p.1 #1Butterflies..
My yard is filled with butterflies this summer. It has been very hot and extremely humid to date! The "Red Admiral" , while native to Maryland, I never had seen in my yard until this summer. Not pictured here yet...
These are from years ago at a "Flights of Fancy" show.
Dan
PS..These are only partially edited in Ps..I was complying an "index" for a Butterfly Index for a Maryland County, Montgomery..Brookside Conservatory.
Brown Tip
Apricot Sulpher
Zebra ST..
These are from years ago at a "Flights of Fancy" show.
Dan
PS..These are only partially edited in Ps..I was complying an "index" for a Butterfly Index for a Maryland County, Montgomery..Brookside Conservatory.
Brown Tip
Apricot Sulpher
Zebra ST..
Jul 14, 2026 at 01:19 PM
p.1 #3Butterflies..
It appears that you may have stumbled upon some sort of "tribal dance" being performed by the Apricot Sulpher couple. 
Nice work all around Dan.
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LB
Nice work all around Dan.
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LB
Jul 14, 2026 at 03:36 PM
p.1 #4Butterflies..
A nice short series in your post on butterflies. Here in Ontario I am privileged to have the Prof Urquhart Butterfly Garden about 45 minutes away from my house. A volunteer organization looking after a beautiful patch of donated land with several hundred flower pads attracting numerous wildlife species like a variety of butterflies, many species of birds, insects, etc.
Jul 14, 2026 at 04:22 PM
p.1 #5Butterflies..
I have yet to see very many butterflies or moths this year...except for the brown Miller Moths.
Douglas
Douglas
Jul 15, 2026 at 04:26 AM
p.1 #7Butterflies..
Neat set Dan, looking forward to saluting your Admiral, I hope he poses well for you, heh.
Eric
Eric
Jul 15, 2026 at 08:05 AM
p.1 #8Butterflies..
morris wrote:
Lovely set Dan
Morris
Thank you morris...not my best because they were for identification in a book.
Dan
Lovely set Dan
Morris
Thank you morris...not my best because they were for identification in a book.
Dan
Jul 15, 2026 at 09:57 AM
p.1 #9Butterflies..
LarryBeemer wrote:
It appears that you may have stumbled upon some sort of "tribal dance" being performed by the Apricot Sulpher couple.
Nice work all around Dan.
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LB
Thanks Larry! Wait until I post the "butterfly rope" and another "dance"!
Dan
It appears that you may have stumbled upon some sort of "tribal dance" being performed by the Apricot Sulpher couple.
Nice work all around Dan.
©¿©
LB
Thanks Larry! Wait until I post the "butterfly rope" and another "dance"!
Dan
Jul 15, 2026 at 09:58 AM
p.1 #10Butterflies..
jowul wrote:
A nice short series in your post on butterflies. Here in Ontario I am privileged to have the Prof Urquhart Butterfly Garden about 45 minutes away from my house. A volunteer organization looking after a beautiful patch of donated land with several hundred flower pads attracting numerous wildlife species like a variety of butterflies, many species of birds, insects, etc.
That is wonderful Joachim!
My local conservatory has a "Flights of Fancy" program that started 20 years ago. When covid hit the shut it down.
After covid I volunteered to be a docent if they re-started the exhibit. They said no.
But 2 years ago re-started it as a "visitor" only exhibit versus a photographer's only morning even.
Love butterflies!
Dan
A nice short series in your post on butterflies. Here in Ontario I am privileged to have the Prof Urquhart Butterfly Garden about 45 minutes away from my house. A volunteer organization looking after a beautiful patch of donated land with several hundred flower pads attracting numerous wildlife species like a variety of butterflies, many species of birds, insects, etc.
That is wonderful Joachim!
My local conservatory has a "Flights of Fancy" program that started 20 years ago. When covid hit the shut it down.
After covid I volunteered to be a docent if they re-started the exhibit. They said no.
But 2 years ago re-started it as a "visitor" only exhibit versus a photographer's only morning even.
Love butterflies!
Dan
Jul 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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p.1 #11Butterflies..
douter wrote:
I have yet to see very many butterflies or moths this year...except for the brown Miller Moths.
Douglas
While it has been VERY hot and humid to date Douglas...5th hottest summer in the weather records so far..My "red admirals" seem to be loving it. Hummingbird moth and Monarchs also..skippers are always here...
Thanks!
Dan'l
I have yet to see very many butterflies or moths this year...except for the brown Miller Moths.
Douglas
While it has been VERY hot and humid to date Douglas...5th hottest summer in the weather records so far..My "red admirals" seem to be loving it. Hummingbird moth and Monarchs also..skippers are always here...
Thanks!
Dan'l
Jul 15, 2026 at 10:03 AM
p.1 #12Butterflies..
johnohio wrote:
You always have great butterfly images. TFS
John
Thank you John!
Dan
You always have great butterfly images. TFS
John
Thank you John!
Dan
Jul 15, 2026 at 10:03 AM
p.1 #13Butterflies..
Erictator wrote:
Neat set Dan, looking forward to saluting your Admiral, I hope he poses well for you, heh.
Eric
"RHIP" Eric!!!!!!!
He flits around never stopping for me to grab a shot!
I will get him soon enough!
Thanks!
Dan
Neat set Dan, looking forward to saluting your Admiral, I hope he poses well for you, heh.
Eric
"RHIP" Eric!!!!!!!
He flits around never stopping for me to grab a shot!
I will get him soon enough!
Thanks!
Dan
Jul 15, 2026 at 10:05 AM
p.1 #14Butterflies..
Dan,
A beautiful set and front your front yard, nicely done and captured
Chris S
A beautiful set and front your front yard, nicely done and captured
Chris S
Jul 15, 2026 at 10:10 AM
p.1 #15Butterflies..
csinseattle wrote:
Dan,
A beautiful set and front your front yard, nicely done and captured
Chris S
Thanks Chris!
Dan
Dan,
A beautiful set and front your front yard, nicely done and captured
Chris S
Thanks Chris!
Dan
Jul 15, 2026 at 10:12 AM
p.1 #17Butterflies..
G.E. Smith wrote:
Beauties Dan !
Greg
Thanks Greg!
Dan
Beauties Dan !
Greg
Thanks Greg!
Dan
Jul 15, 2026 at 12:22 PM
p.1 #18Butterflies..
Excellent set brother Dan. The first is the standout.👍👍
Jul 15, 2026 at 06:39 PM
p.1 #19Butterflies..
Ted ellis wrote:
Excellent set brother Dan. The first is the standout.👍👍
Thanks brother!
Not my best photos because they were for a butterfly index by Hill House Publ company...Bernard D'Abrera books.
I have a "ton" more!
Thanks!
Dan
Excellent set brother Dan. The first is the standout.👍👍
Thanks brother!
Not my best photos because they were for a butterfly index by Hill House Publ company...Bernard D'Abrera books.
I have a "ton" more!
Thanks!
Dan
Jul 16, 2026 at 09:25 AM
p.1 #20Butterflies..
Danpbphoto wrote:
That is wonderful Joachim!
My local conservatory has a "Flights of Fancy" program that started 20 years ago. When covid hit the shut it down.
After covid I volunteered to be a docent if they re-started the exhibit. They said no.
But 2 years ago re-started it as a "visitor" only exhibit versus a photographer's only morning even.
Love butterflies!
Dan
Dan, the Urquhart Butterfly Garden is not a Conservatory but a regular open air garden with many flower beds, well maintained by volunteers and City of Dundas gardening personnel. Spenser Creek runs into the Desjardin canal adjacent to the garden. All kind of wildlife like blue-, green-, night- heron, ducks and cormorants and the smaller song birds like vrens, oriols, warblers, etc., like to hang around. Also several pairs of kingfishers.
It used to be an industrial area in the late 19th, early 20th century. The Garden is named in honour of Prof Urquhart (U. of Toronto) who, with his wife, dedicated his life to the discovery of the migration routes of the Monarch butterfly.
Joachim
jowul wrote
A nice short series in your post on butterflies. Here in Ontario I am privileged to have the Prof Urquhart Butterfly Garden about 45 minutes away from my house. A volunteer organization looking after a beautiful patch of donated land with several hundred flower pads attracting numerous wildlife species like a variety of butterflies, many species of birds, insects, etc.My local conservatory has a "Flights of Fancy" program that started 20 years ago. When covid hit the shut it down.
After covid I volunteered to be a docent if they re-started the exhibit. They said no.
But 2 years ago re-started it as a "visitor" only exhibit versus a photographer's only morning even.
Love butterflies!
Dan
Dan, the Urquhart Butterfly Garden is not a Conservatory but a regular open air garden with many flower beds, well maintained by volunteers and City of Dundas gardening personnel. Spenser Creek runs into the Desjardin canal adjacent to the garden. All kind of wildlife like blue-, green-, night- heron, ducks and cormorants and the smaller song birds like vrens, oriols, warblers, etc., like to hang around. Also several pairs of kingfishers.
It used to be an industrial area in the late 19th, early 20th century. The Garden is named in honour of Prof Urquhart (U. of Toronto) who, with his wife, dedicated his life to the discovery of the migration routes of the Monarch butterfly.
Joachim
Jul 16, 2026 at 11:10 AM