Cabbage White

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Cabbage white butterfly perched on yellow flower

Cabbage White, Pieris rapae, Sandy Hook, 2007-04-29

This is very common invasive species, probably the most common butterfly in our area; but it’s so flitty that this is the first half-decent picture I’ve gotten of one in several months of trying.

Can anyone identify the flower it’s perched on?

Gulf Fritillary

Monday, December 25th, 2006

A little treat for Gurnenthar’s Ascendance. Here’s a non-avian I spotted Saturday on the New Orleans Christmas Bird Count:

Gulf Fritillary

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, 2006-12-23

Saltmarsh Moth Caterpillar

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Fuzzy orange caterpillar

Estigmene acrea, 2006-10-21, Mount Loretto Unique Area

ID not 100% certain

Differential Grasshopper

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Green grasshopper, herring bone pattern on leg

Melanoplus differentialis, Mount Loretto Unique Area, 2006-10-21

Wooly Bear

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

red and black fuzzy caterpillar

Wooly Bear caterpillar, Mount Loretto Unique Area, 2006-10-21
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Common Buckeye

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

Common Buckeye Butterfly

Junonia coenia, Mount Loretto Unique Area, 2006-10-21
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