We spotted this moth on a mostly sunny morning at Ft. Federica, on St. Simons Island, on the Georgia coast. Me? I can recognize almost all butterflies, but moths, I don’t know most of them. We spent almost a week in a vacation house in Townsend, Georgia. Most of our field work was was done […]
Ft. Federica, the National Monument on St.Simons Island. This coastal fort, once a thriving village on a coastal river, was the other side of fascinating. Standing there where the fort and village once stood, I stopped alot. It triggered my rich life experience, too many times challenged by threat and impending risk/danger. My artillery unit […]
What you remember amidst all that you forget. It’s been 8 years since this moth flew toward where I was standing, on the peak of Mt. Hermon. The south face of Hermon is war ravaged Syria, just to add some spicy irony to this setting. It’s not a butterfly, yes, but the peak of this […]
Happy Mother’s Day this May 13, 2018! Our Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly here is enjoying the healthy nectar from Butterflyweed blooms. That small birdstruck tear in her right forewing? What mother didn’t sacrifice to insure that we were safe, happy and prepared for all that we will confront? Indifferent to her stunning beauty, she is […]
We saw it at several wetlands that Angela, Janet, Barbara Ann and the rest of us visited. Never having seen it before, this moth at first seemed well, plain. I’d never seen it anywhere in western Pennsylvania, but there it was, in more than one habitat in very southern Ohio. Angela had a name for […]
Winged Beauty Butterflies 