Insects and Spiders

1266 / 1998

Buckeye Beauty

There were butterflies all over the place at John Bunker Sands. One of my familiar favorites is the common buckeye. I saw them everywhere I turned. This one landed in our path and spread its wings and just sat there posing.
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center

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