It's almost butterfly season again. The earliest butterflies, Mourning Cloaks, commas, sometimes come out in March. It's time to start looking. When I said as much to a friend she asked what it was about butterflies that drew me. The following is my answer. I owe butterflies a debt. I discovered them during the COVID … Continue reading Why Butterflies?
Tag: pollinators
Taxonomy part 2: Butterfly families
In my last post I discussed scientific naming in general and I promised to dig into butterflies a bit deeper. If you look at the tree of life it begins with the basic divisions of life into the three major Domains: Bacteria on one "limb" and Archaea and Eukaryota which quickly branch from each other … Continue reading Taxonomy part 2: Butterfly families
The Colors of Nature (1)
Full moon setting early one dawn. European Skipper butterfly hanging out on a blade of grass.
The Nature of Things 