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Beautiful Little Wood Satyr Butterfly On Cape Cod!

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I hadn’t seen a Little Wood Satyr butterfly in a couple of years and this one was stunning. It  landed on a leaf on the side of the Doane Rock Trail to Coast Guard Beach.

The Little Wood Satyr butterfly lives on woodland edges as well as salt marshes, which explains why we saw it there on that trail.

Gorgeous, isn’t it? I love its markings…

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Gorgeous Monarch Butterfly At Fort Hill On Cape Cod.

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We were having a picnic breakfast at Fort Hill yesterday and were commenting that we hadn’t seen many Monarch butterflies this summer… maybe only a handful. And then this gorgeous one landed on the Milkweed plant nearby. Just beautiful…

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Beautiful Northern Crescent Butterfly On The Trail At Fort Hill On Cape Cod.

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This is the first Northern Crescent butterfly I’ve seen this year and he sure is a beauty! Look at those vibrant colors!

He was hanging out right on the trail as we walked by, and was very accommodating, waiting for us to take our photographs before moving on.

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Spring Azure, One Of Our First Butterflies This Season On Cape Cod.

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I saw a little flutter of blue along the trail and was hoping it was one of the early butterflies of the season here on Cape Cod, the Spring Azure. (Click on blog link for other photos.)

It was a Spring Azure and I was in for a treat as it flitted about the trail for quite  a quite while we clicked away. You can see how vivid the blue is when the butterfly has its wings extended, and then how so dramatically different it is when its sings are folded.

Have you ever seen a Spring Azure butterfly? So pretty, don’t you think?