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On Sunday, Nikki and I visited the Oklahoma Gardens here in Stillwater. This is a pretty good area for picking up spring migrants, and also because of the abundance of planted native and exotic flowers, is also a great spot for butterflies. It was a beautiful day and there we counted hundreds of different butterflies of more than 20 species, including the Silver-spotted Skipper above. Here are a few more photos from our visit to the gardens.
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There were several of these beautiful Gulf Fritillaries around. This species contracts back towards the warmer parts of Texas and the Gulf Coast in the winter, but comes back to Oklahoma every year in the late summer and fall.
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This is Oklahoma's state butterfly (one of the few states that have named one actually) the Black Swallowtail.
And here Nikki makes a new friend. Hackberry Emporers commonly land on people, probably in search of the salt on our skin!
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On Sunday, Nikki and I visited the Oklahoma Gardens here in Stillwater. This is a pretty good area for picking up spring migrants, and also because of the abundance of planted native and exotic flowers, is also a great spot for butterflies. It was a beautiful day and there we counted hundreds of different butterflies of more than 20 species, including the Silver-spotted Skipper above. Here are a few more photos from our visit to the gardens..JPG)
There were several of these beautiful Gulf Fritillaries around. This species contracts back towards the warmer parts of Texas and the Gulf Coast in the winter, but comes back to Oklahoma every year in the late summer and fall..JPG)
This is Oklahoma's state butterfly (one of the few states that have named one actually) the Black Swallowtail.
And here Nikki makes a new friend. Hackberry Emporers commonly land on people, probably in search of the salt on our skin!
Love it! Just make sure a few leps make it our way this fall - we've had nothing but Hackberry Emperors, Gulf Frits and Giant Swallowtails for what feels like weeks ;-)
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