butterflies and moths – Page 3 – Mrsroadrunner Photography

White-lined Sphinx

Previous Next Meet the Sphinx Moth or if you prefer the Hawk Moth or as I call it the “Hummingbird Moth”, wrong or not that is just what I call it. This is just one of 1,450 species and this is the species that tend to visit our garden as well as at times comes […]

Wild Gray Hairstreak Butterfly

Previous Next Butterflies are fascinating creatures big and small! Watching them flutter from this place or that place is quite the hobby for many people. I am no different! On this day as I was out tending the flowers I noticed this little one fluttering here and there and thought what the hay , lets […]

Swallowtail Butterflies and The Lily Flowers

Previous Next The swallowtail Butterfly is a larger species of butterfly we have here on our small plot of land. This is about the Swallowtail Butterflies on the Lily Flowers, my first post in this series was “the Swallowtail on the Zinnia Flowers”. From my own observations the Zinnia Flowers are a much more popular […]

Swallowtail Butterflies and The Zinnia Flowers

Previous Next The swallowtail Butterfly is a larger species of butterfly we have here on our small plot of land. It is about that time to plant for some of us, some flowers have already bloomed or are growing. Seeding time for us here in the high desert of Oregon is getting near and I […]

Lorquin’s Admiral Butterfly And Bumblebee

Previous Next Meet the Lorquin’s Admiral Butterfly! This first image I took is to show you what a Lorquin’s Admiral looks like , this is when you can stop if you have small children or if such things of the natural world turns your belly ! Some people may not know that butterflies at times […]

Western Sulphur Butterfly Nature Photos

Previous Next When I seen all the activity going on on a thistle flower, well I had to get the action with my camera! Thistle is a great attraction to all sorts of nectar eating bugs, butterflies are no different. Some of these photographs are very busy, it was a active place! This species of […]

Fenders Blue Butterfly

Previous Next This Boisduval’s Blue Butterfly is yet another one of our endangered species here in Oregon. These butterflies rely on the wild Lupine flower to survive. Wild Lupine which is disappearing. The two butterflies featured here were shot in two different parts of Central Oregon. One spot was the Ochoco Mountains, the other spot […]

Green-Veined White Pieris Napi Butterfly Photos

Previous Next When I seen this butterfly right after it emerged from it’s cocoon I was quite thrilled. This is when a butterfly is most colorful. This is a Green-Veined White Pieris Napi Butterfly. I read where it is not truly green, but because of the yellow and black color on a white back ground, […]