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[We rescue cats]

Beautiful!!!! We surely had a beautiful group of 'flutter-byes'  this year! (as my 6-year old neighbor gal says!) Our milkweed is in full 'bloom' and my teacher friend was here a couple of weeks ago to pick stalks of milkweed and Queen Annes Lace for the caterpillars that they have in classrooms.

[kindred cats]

@cheriere 

Your zinnias are beautiful also! 

[Puggywuggy]

Beautiful!! ❤️

[Enufstuff]

@cheriere   That picture is gorgeous!  It is suitable for framing.

[cheriere]

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@monicakm wrote:

That's stunning @cheriere !  Was this taken with your phone or a dedicated camera?

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Thank you so much.😃❤️

I don't have a camera, so all are taken with my iPhone.

[cheriere]

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@on the bay wrote:

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@cheriere wrote:

@JYWilliams 

Your kind words really do wonders for my confidence.  I thank you so very much, really.😊❤️❤️

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 So Beautiful! A Spectacular butterfly captured in a lasting photo!

@cheriere I don't think you realize how good you are! Your photos and such interesting background and info on your pictures are really National Geographic quality.

And ahem, no pressure

but I know I will be one of the many firsts, like @JYWilliams said, who would buy your book when you have the time

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I really do love all you guys for such kind words and positive encouragement.  Thank you.😊❤️❤️❤️

[threecees]

@cheriere Beautiful. I remember making a latch hook kit of a pretty yellow

butterfly like this when I was a teenager.

[Susan Louise]

@cheriere  Such a lovely pic of a Tiger Swallowtail!

Here's a pic I took a few years ago of a Regal Fritillary...

[cheriere]

@Susan Louise 

What a beautiful butterfly!  It looks so different from our fritillaries.  I love ❤️ it!

Thank you so much for posting it.  I really enjoy seeing and learning about butterflies we don't have here.😃❤️❤️

[Susan Louise]

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@cheriere wrote:

@Susan Louise 

What a beautiful butterfly!  It looks so different from our fritillaries.  I love ❤️ it!

Thank you so much for posting it.  I really enjoy seeing and learning about butterflies we don't have here.😃❤️❤️

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@cheriere   Thank you

I used to document/record the 1st time/date (in 2010) I'd see of each species in our gardens...moths too.

I copied/pasted below:

1) Monarch.............................................6/8/10, 9/24/10, 10/18/10
2) American Lady....................................8/8/10
3) Black Swallowtail.................................6/24/10
4) Cabbage White...................................6/9/10
5) Checkered White................................10/6/10
6) Clouded Sulphur...................................7/23/10
7) Cloudless Sulphur.................................8/3/10
8) Common Buckeye................................6/18/10
9) Common Checkered Skipper................6/13/10
10) Common Wood Nymph.........................7/20/10
11) Dainty Yellow Sulphur...........................9/24/10
12) Eastern Comma....................................7/29/10
13) Eastern Tailed Blue...............................6/27/10
14) Fiery Skipper........................................7/30/10
15) Funereal Duskywing.............................9/15/10
16) Giant Swallowtail..................................9/11/10
17) Gorgone Checkerspot..........................6/24/10
18) Gray Hairstreak....................................5/29/10
19) Great Spangled Fritillary.......................6/24/10
20) Gulf Fritillary.........................................6/18/10
21) Hackberry Emperor..............................7/29/10
22) Little Yellow Sulphur.............................7/26/10
23) Orange Sulphur....................................6/17/10
24) Orange Sulphur-White Form.................6/21/10
25) Ottoe Skipper.......................................6/27/10
26) Painted Lady........................................7/3/10
27) Pearl Crescent.....................................7/30/10
28) Peck's Skipper.....................................7/15/10
29) Question Mark (summer form)..............5/27/10
30) Question Mark (winter form).................9/7/10
31) Red Admiral..........................................6/6/10
32) Red Spotted Purple..............................6/10/10
33) Regal Fritillary.....................................6/26/10
34) Sachem Skipper..................................6/25/10
35) Silver Spotted Skipper.........................5/31/10
36) Silvery Checkerspot.............................6/22/10
37) Summer Azure......................................6/8/10
38) Tawny Emperor....................................8/4/10
39) Tiger Swallowtail..................................7/1/10
40) Tiger Swallowtail (black form)...............7/31/10
41) Variegated Fritillary..............................6/19/10
42) Viceroy................................................6/25/10
43) Wild Indigo Duskywing.........................8/4/10
44) *** possible Large Orange Sulphur.......10/12/10
45) "Unknown" Butterfly..............................9/28/10
46) *** no pic, but saw a few Mourning Cloaks...Early Spring and end of Season

Moths

1) Chickweed Geometer Moth.....................8/15/10
2) Clearwing Hummingbird Moth...................8/3/10
3) White Lined Hummingbird Moth................7/8/10
4) Forage Looper Moth................................8/15/10
5) Unknown White Moth...............................6/21/10
6) Unknown Plume Moth...............................6/16/10
7) Unknown Moth.........................................6/11/10
8) Celery Looper Moth?...............................10/10/10
9) Unknown Moth..........................................8/3/10
10) Pandorus Sphinx Moth............................7/11/10