Descanso Gardens, La Canada, Flintridge, California
Monarch, Danaus plexippus, Male
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia, CA
Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae
Descanso Gardens, La Canada, Flintridge, CA
Black Swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes
Pasadena, California - Observed in my home garden
Skipper, family Hesperiidae
Pasadena, CA - Observed in my home garden
Common Checkered Skipper, Pyrgus communis
Pasadena, CA - Observed in my home garden on coneflower
Swallowtail, Family Papilionidae
Descanso Gardens, La Canada, Flintridge, CA
Anise Swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon
Pasadena, CA - This swallowtail emerged in my home garden.
Duskywing
Pasadena, CA - Observed in my home garden
Marine Blue, Leptotes marina
Pasadena, California. Observed in my home garden
Cabbage White, Pieris rapae
Pasadena, CA - Observed in my home garden
Duskywing
Pasadena, CA - Observed in my home garden on Tropical Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica
Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus
Pasadena, CA - Observed in my home garden
Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis
Pasadena, CA - Observed in my home garden
Monarch, Danaus plexippus
Pasadena, CA - observed in my home garden on Tropical Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica
Skipper, family Hesperiidae
Pasadena, CA - observed in my home garden on coneflower
American Lady, Vanessa virginiensis
Pasadena, CA - observed in my home garden on Coreopsis
Gray Hairstreak, Strymon melinus
Pasadean, CA - Observed in my home garden on Tropical Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica
American Lady, Vanessa virginiensis
Pasadena, California on Tropical Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica - Observed in my home garden
Monarch, Danaus plexippus
Pasadena, CA - This monarch emerged in my home garden. Photos was taken just after coming out of its chrysalis