Butterflies & Moths of 2010

For my second post I figured I would post pictures of butterflies and moths I saw in 2010. I didn't really figure out a good way to take photos of moths until around June, so most of these are from summer and fall 2010. All the following pictures were taken with my simple Kodak Easyshare camera and are uncropped. Enjoy :)

Baltimore Checkerspot

American Copper

Eyed Brown

Red-Spotted Purple, my favorite MA butterfly

Mourning Cloak

Striped Hairstreak

Appalachian Brown

Chalky Wave, Scopula purata, a very scarce moth

Eyed Brown with wings spread

Large Maple Spanworm

Black-Banded Owlet

Arched Hooktip

Clover Looper (Moth)

Clover Looper

Darling Underwing

Snowy Urola Moth

The Gem (Moth), female

Brown-Lined Owlet Moth, I know, a mediocre picture of a not-so-exciting moth, but this species has very little data on bugguide.net so I included it here

Wavy-Lined Emerald

The Gem & Brown-Lined Owlet Moth

Pearl Crescent at Ames Nowell State Park

Same individual as previous photo

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Cabbage White

American Lady

This year I will probably use a white sheet to try to attract moths, and someday soon I'll get a DSLR camera to take some much better pictures.