Karner Blue

Eastern Tailed Blue

Spring Azure

Summer Azure

Viceroy

Monarch

Black Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (dark female)

Giant Swallowtail

Spicebush Swallowtail

American Copper

Cabbage White

Orange Sulpher

Little Yellow

Pearl Crescent

Silver Spotted Skipper

Red-spotted Purple

Killdeer 
My first capture of a Killdeer bird!

Charleston Falls 
Was out walking around with my DSLR and captured this butterfly. But upon returning home I had no luck finding it in any of my field guides.

and the little green bug 
Pearl Crescent butterflies were pestered by the litle fella. But this Crescent would just flap his wings at the small bug. Feeding on the Butterfly Weed....

Atwood Lake has Eastern Tiger Swallowtails! 
Saturday morning, July 23, I called my dad, John Biechele, in Sandusky, Ohio. We all call him about all animals great and small because he is a bonified ...

Small blue butterfly 
I was sitting by my fountain and spotted this little butterfly fluttering around, so I grabbed my camera and took a few pictures. It has pretty blue on ...

Eastern Black Swallowtail 
Black Swallowtail nectaring on a Verbena plant in my butterfly garden.

Unknown Butterfly 
I photographed a cream-colored butterfly in the grass at Three Creeks Park, Groveport Ohio.
Does anyone know what species this one is?

Also caught ...

Can you tell me what this is? 
Not much to say, this one just dropped in.

Giant Swallowtail 
Today (9/6/10) was first time I have every seen a Giant Swallowtail in the flower garden.

Butterfly Kisses for Skylar 
Skylar is a 12 year old Sheltie. While visiting the Butterfly House in Alliance Ohio, a Monarch butterfly landed on her nose. I was fortunate enough ...

Butterflies In My Garden 
I like to photograph birds and butterflies. I have a bluebird box in my backyard and have had baby bluebirds two years in a row. So far, 7 babies. I ...

Red spotted purple 
This beauty hung around for almost an hour in my garden - plenty of time to run get my camera and catch him from every angle!

Mozart the Silver Spotted Skipper Butterfly "returns" each Spring 
Up until today, I thought this little fellow was a moth. So when I realized he seemed to show up at the same place every year on my deck, last summer I ...

Monarch on host plant of Marsh Milkweed 
I always have had Marsh Milkweed in my garden. Beside it having this beautiful flower appearing in the photo looking like glass beads, it is the food ...

Unknown Butterfly 
Hi, I really enjoy visiting the natural places of the world and taking pictures of what's there. I live near Kings Island in southwest Ohio and this seems ...

What kind of butterfly is this? 
I'm not quite sure what species this is...
I haven't seen this one before; photo was taken around in our backyard in New Albany, OH on May 22nd (Northeast ...

A Silver Spotted Skipper Up Close and Personal 
Today a Silver Spotted Skipper landed on me twice.

The first time my father said it was sitting on my back. The second time it actually landed on ...

mourning cloak 
My husband came home from work on 3/31/10 and stated he saw a butterfly near the garage. I was surprised to think butterflies would be here this early ...

just dropped in  
another picture from my sister her garden seems to be a stop of for anything

Snack Time 
I tried for many days to catch this dainty little butterfly, as they are so quick in flight. I waited, and waited for this one to land, and finally snapped ...

just perfect 
my sister and i share a love of all animals and insects she lives in france and i in england she very often sends pictures of anything that may land in ...

Falcate Orangetip 
This is another butterfly that you only see in the Spring, and they stay near wooded areas.

If you see something that looks like a small Cabbage White ...

City Butterflys 
I grew up in the country when the City of Oregon, Ohio was still a lot of farmland.

I was always in the farmer's fields playing and looking at all ...

Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) 
I noticed this little fellow on an echinacea in my backyard in July.

Henry's Elfin 
We encountered some Henry's Elfins around Redbud trees in Adams County, Ohio on April 12, 2009.

Redbuds are their host plant and they don't go far ...

Monarch or Viceroy? 
I often pick up butterflies in the road near our home in southern Ohio. We have 20 acres of woods and brush and often see many types of butterflies. My ...

not sure - viceroy or monarch or something else?   Not rated yet
This butterfly is on a Mexican sunflower. I am wondering about the blue bands on the wings.

Walking the street of Dayton  Not rated yet
I've seen others post photos of the Killdeer birds, but this is my first find. Pretty happy!

Three on one!  Not rated yet
Not quite as many butterflies this season as there were last season, but I still see a few on my bushes and flowers.

Tiger Swallowtail  Not rated yet
This lovely butterfly visited my flower boxes and graciously allowed me to photograph it.

Snout Nose  Not rated yet
I planted a Milkweed Garden last fall and have enjoyed many new visitors to my yard. This being one of them.

Many Monarch eggs on same leaf  Not rated yet
Today July 23rd, I checked the milkweed and found many caterpillers on one leaf. Is this common for monarachs? I usually on find one egg on one leaf. Maybe ...

Red Admiral Butterfly  Not rated yet
Red Admiral butterfly nectaring on butterfly bush.

Great Spangled Fritillary  Not rated yet
This butterfly was nectaring on coneflowers in my butterfly garden.

Metallic green bee  Not rated yet
I had never seen a metallic green bee but it was very cool:)

Bronze Copper  Not rated yet
I enjoy Butterflies almost as much as Dragonflies.

Red Admiral on Coreopsis  Not rated yet
So many pretty butterflies this year. I wonder if it has to do with the weather??
It amazes me how different a butterfly will look with wings open and ...

Nature's Beauty  Not rated yet
I followed this little guy as he flitted from flower to flower!

red admiral  Not rated yet
This butterfly was flying around our yard, landing on my daughters head.

Red Admiral  Not rated yet
There were three of these in the garden tonight and I was hoping to get a shot of all three together. I can't believe how different they look with wings ...

God's encouragement  Not rated yet
I picked up photography 3 years ago. My main focus has and continues to be macro-God is in the details. Butterflies are always my first choice because ...

A pleasant surprise!  Not rated yet
One hot lazy Sunday afternoon I ventured outside to gather an item from my car, when low and behold, I find a beautiful creature feeding upon our Petunias....

Silver-spotted Skipper  Not rated yet
This butterfly kept flying around me one afternoon and landed on my tiki torch outside long enough for me to snap some good shots. It was almost as though ...

Buckeye  Not rated yet
Picture taken August - Eastern Cincinnati.

Zebra Swallowtail  Not rated yet
Photo taken June in Adams county, Ohio.