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Waking up is hard to do. Tent moths hatching in early April.
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Fruit trees taste delicious.
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Mating can be awkward for butterflies. And what's worse is the female started flying with him still attached. Owww!
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Though not in the best condition the Luna Moth is one of the prettiest of our Giant Silk Moths. The color green is actually kind of rare with Lepidoptera, and I wish I saw these giants more often.
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Tobacco Hornworms also come in blue! They're normally green like the plants they eat but that's only because of what they're eating. When bought at the store they're a a neat electric blue color.
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Caterpillars can be suicidal. This was a bird's lucky day.
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Leaves don't have enough windows.
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Couldn't identify either of these, and as far as I can find nothing uses Stokes Aster as a host plant.
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I saw a lot of Cabbage Butterflies and Skippers doing this but very few of anything else.
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Woolly Bears also come in white. Actually it's not the Woolly Bear but I'm sure it's something related.
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And then August hit. Finally! A swallowtail.
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Right in time for the Joe Pye Weed.
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An endangered species, The Regal Moth, also called The Hickory Horned Devil. It died shortly after my friend took this picture. Even so, it's great to see they're still around.
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Monarch nibbling on some Milkweed. Just hanging out.
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Skippers colonizing the Black Jack Sedum.
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Boy meets Girl.
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This one was about the size of a dime.
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A Monarch filling up for her migration south.
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Wake me when Spring is here.