This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

August 21, 2010
At the wetland near Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

Ohio Buckeye butterfly stops by the wetland. It perches on a smartweed blossom whose colors pick up the delicate shading in the the large "eyes" on the hind wings.

Photo copyright 2010 Michael and Diane Porter

This individual is nice and fresh, with wings intact and not torn. Those two orange bars on the forewing are distinctive.

—Diane Porter

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