Butterflies and Bees...

There have been many interesting butterflies, bees, and other insects around this late summer and early autumn. I've enjoyed photographing many different kinds of creatures outside our home. :) The butterfly at right is an old eastern tiger swallowtail - dark morph.

 Eastern tiger swallowtail - dark morph.

 Pipevine swallowtail.

 Painted ladies.

 Another painted lady enjoying the nectar of the stonecrop plant.

 Silver-spotted skipper.

 Another silver-spotted skipper with honey bees hard at work.

 Gray hairstreak.

 Tawny-edged skipper.

 Another worker bee gathering nectar and pollen for honey.

Bumble bee at work on the stonecrop.