Image 1. This monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus,
is perched on a Valerian flower.
Image 2. A monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus
Image 3. An anise swallowtail butterfly on vetch.
Image 4. A checkerspot butterfly.
Image 5. A checkerspot butterfly.
Image 6. A painted lady butterfly.
Image 7. Tiger swallowtails on Clarkia sp.
Image 8. A tiger swallowtail on Clarkia sp.
Image 9. A tiger swallowtail
Image 10. A western pine elfin on Hackelia nervosa, in the Sierra Nevada.
Image 11. A western pine elfin on Hackelia nervosa, in the Sierra Nevada.
Image 12. Lorquin's Admiral on Apocynum androsaemifolium
in the Sierra Nevada.
Image 13. A western tailed-blue on Bistorta bistortoides in the Sierra Nevada.
Image 14. Possibly western tailed-blues. Mating?
Image 15. Probably a California hairstreak.
Image 16. Gulf fritillaries.
Image 17. A Mexican sulphur,floating on water.
Placed on a dry surface it flew away.
Image 18. A western tailed-blue on Bistorta bistortoides, in the Sierra Nevada.
Image 19. A butterfly on lavender flowers, Provence.
Image 20. A butterfly on thistle, Provence.
Image 21. A butterfly on thistle, Provence.
Image 22. The luna moth, Actias luna, on a street tree in Berkeley.
Image 23. Adela aldrovandella, one of the fairy longhorn moths.
Image 24. A moth, camouflaged to look like lichens, Northern California.
Image 25. A blue moth, Provence.
Image 26. A moth, Provence.
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