Pearl Crescent

Hi, Here is a butterfly that I first saw on April 13th at home. There were four of them in different areas but none could be photographed as I was mowing at the time. A short while later it started to rain and that ended any photo-op I may have had. Pearl Crescents are fairly common here and seen over a long period of the spring and well into summer. The only other butterfly that could be confused with the Pearl is the Silvery Checkerspot that is much larger. Today was cool early and changed to a much brighter late afternoon when the sun brighten the sky, however never coming through the clouds. It gave me only two butterflies; one being a Pearl Crescent and the other a Spicebush Swallowtail on a mission northwards. Here is an almost head on shot of the Pearl Crescent from today.

 And another Pearl Crescent underside/wings up shot nectoring on mint blossoms fromthe summer of 2007.  Have a great day, Denis