Butterflies

Cabbage White Butterflies

While this looks like an innocent and cute white butterfly, its offspring wreaks havoc on some plants. Features:  Cabbage white butterflies have white wings edged in gray with black spots on the wings.  The female butterfly has two black spots on each fore-wing and the males have one. Their wing span is usually under 2 inches. […]

Butterflies

Zabulon Skipper

I think skippers are the cutest.  This is my last post on skippers until I find another species this upcoming summer. According to my Picture Insect App,  this is a Zabulon Skipper. Features:   The Zebulon Skipper has triangular wings.  The upperside of the male wings are orange with brown edgings as in the picture. The […]

Butterflies

Chequered Skipper

My Picture Insect App said that the skipper in the picture above is a Chequered Skipper.   This skipper is even smaller than the Black Dash Skipper that we talked about last week. Features:   The uppersides of the Chequered Skipper are brown with orange markings on the base and and golden spots.  The undersides of the […]