Bryan Pfeiffer

Berry's Skipper (Euphyes berryi) nectaring on Purple Thistle (Cirsium horridulum) in Monroe County, Floriday on 19 Mar 2022.

I'll add to the diversity: Euyphyes berryi (Berry's Skipper) in Monroe County, FL, on 19 Mar 2022.

Mega-❤️

And, according to @andybugguy.bsky.social, Malcolm Douglas assembled that drawer- they are all his specimens- so he gets credit for the beautiful display.

I just realized that we can’t edit posts here.

As @andybugguy.bsky.social pointed out, I should have credited the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity (@floridamuseum.bsky.social) for that drawer of Argynnis (Speyeria).

You’re absolutely right. I have given proper credit in the past. I’ll update it.

I’ve created a “Lepidoptera” list. Much better.

Copulating pair of Bog Coppers (Tharsalea epixanthe) perched on a leaf of Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata).

A copulating pair of Bog Coppers (Tharsalea epixanthe). Like some of us today, they eat cranberries.

#lepidoptera #butterflies #macrophotography

Fork-leaved Sundew (Drosera binata)

Fork-leaved Sundew (Drosera binata), not to be outclassed by the Snowy Owls featured in my latest essay, which is here: chasingnature.substack.com/p/the-owl-an...

#botany #Drosera #naturewriting

Argynnis (greater fritillary) butterfly specimens

Oh, Argynnis — on a gray, chilly day here in Vermont, you complete me. #lepidoptera #butterflies

The Owl and the Sundew Reciprocity from a Snowy Owl and a Carnivorous Plant

The Snowy Owls are coming for us, which is fine. But so is a potted plant.

#naturewriting #birds #birdwatching #botany #birding

I'll see your four western Callophrys, and raise you eight eastern Callophrys.

Odd Ducks and Lame Ducks A post-election expedition for seabirds along the Atlantic coast

A post-election narrative among seabirds.

#naturewriting #birding #birdwatching