Oklahoma's Butterflies

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Capturing Butterfly's Image
It is a challenge to photograph butterflies without baiting them. Many photographers will use bait like rotten fruit or nectar to lure butterflies to the location of choice. Then, the photographer will either photograph the butterflies or catch them to place in a cooler with ice and then place the butterfly on the flower of choice to photograph. I don't like baiting the butterflies because it makes for a false image. I like simply walk looking for the butterflies. When I find a butterfly, I will attempt to sneak up and photograph it. I believe my method makes for a better picture even though it is a challenge.

My Butterfly Images
Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly has a wing span of 2 1/3 to 3 1/2 inches. It is the largest of the fritillaries family. The butterflies can be seen from mid June to late September.

Buckeye Butterfly has a wing span of 2 1/8 to 2 1/2 inches. This unusual butterfly has a strange distinction. The males of the species are very aggressive and will chase other butterflies. The males have been seen chasing the Carolina Locusts.

Silver-spotted Skipper almost never visits yellow flowers but favors blue, red, pink, purple, and sometimes white and cream-colored ones. I guess this one is color blind? The flower is called a Mexican Sunflower.

Tawny Emperor Butterfly wing span is 1 5/8 to 2 3/4 inches. Tawny Emperors almost never visit flowers but likes instead tree sap, rotting fruit, dung, and carrion.

Eastern Tailed Blue Butterfly has a wing span of 1 1/8 inches. It is found throughout the United States and southern Canada.

Common Wood Nymph Butterfly has a wing span of 2 to 3 inches. The butterflies are not found in woods as the name implies and like to necture on flowers but seem to really enjoy honeysuckle flowers.

Dainty Sulphur Butterfly has a wing span of 3/4 to 1 1/4 inches. The butterflies rest with wings closed and held perpendicular to the sun's rays to warm themselves.

The Garden Spiders will eat butterflies like this Skipper. Butterflies are posionous to eat hence the bright colors, but alas this does not stop some preditors.This skipper was possibly a Peck's Skipper.