#1543 Spicebush Swallowtail, female , on a Brazilian salvia (grown as an annual)

#1541 Monarch butterfly caterpillar (5th molt)

#1540 Monarch butterfly chrysalis (1st day); color is a slightly translucent pale green overall with gold-tinged arc near the top and raised gold spots lower down

#1539 Monarch butterfly chrysalis (about 8th day); shell is becoming translucent and wing details are becoming visible

#1538 Monarch butterfly chrysalis (10th day); shell now clear; orange and black wings are visible

#1525 Monarch Butterfly on butterfly bush

#1495 American Lady butterfly on cosmos

#1460 Cabbage butterfly on purple salvia

1408 Painted Lady Butterfly on pink zinnia

1397 Painted Lady Butterfly on orange zinnia

1394 Monarch Butterfly

#1212 An American Lady butterfly atop a zinnia staring directly at my closeup lens. Most insects will not allow such a close approach but this one allowed me to hold my lens just a foot away.

#1206 A monarch butterfly feeding from a purple butterfly bush. The butterfly was in shade with sunlit trees way in the background. When I lightened the image to show the butterfly better, the background turned pale green.

#1201 A cabbage white butterfly sips from a purple Cranesbill Geranium.

#1160 An American Lady butterfly nectars on a white butterfly bush.

#1040 Tiger Swallowtail

#681 Tiger Swallowtail

#461 Painted Lady

#1048 Monarch

#963 Tiger Swallowtail

#964 Cabbage

#1076 Great Spangled Fritillary

#889 Tiger Swallowtail

#578 Cabbage

#897 Tiger Swallowtail

#1136 Great Spangled Fritillary

#1038 Cabbage