The Spring Azure is among the first butterflies of the year. Its early spring appearance helps to identify this species. The undersides of the wings are pale gray to whitish, with small dark spots while outer sides are a light blue. Such a pretty, little butterfly…
Wishing you all a Happy Mother’s Day! May you find something new or special outside in nature today!
It’s so wonderful to see the butterflies starting to migrate back to Cape Cod. The first ones that we’ve seen are the Cabbage White butterflies.
The Cabbage White butterfly got its name because its favorite host plant for laying eggs are cabbages and because the adults are white.
Have you seen any butterflies this season?
We were hiking along the Nauset Marsh Trail when we saw this flicker of something shining on one of the tall reeds by the side of the trail. It looked like a dragonfly so we clicked away. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
It is a Halloween Pennant Dragonfly which is a brightly colored dragonfly that lives in the eastern United States. It gets its name from its orange colored wings which have dark brown bands marking them. It is often seen perched on tips of vegetation near the edges of a waterway, which is exactly where we saw it.
What an treat and a first for us! Have you ever seen a Halloween Pennant Dragonfly?
