Skipper on Zinnia

Nothing special. A 5-frame day and one of them was an empty cicada exoskeleton that had been shed. I didn’t think anybody particularly wanted to see that! Enough said. Well, except maybe for Jesika!

Probably another Sachem, as I want to get a second Sachem data point in BugGuide for Illinois in July. Currently the only observation is from 2007.

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July 8 posts
       “Extras”: “Exoskeleton”
  1 year ago: No post
 2 years ago: “[Travel Day]” (Yeah — I didn’t continue this practice!)
 3 years ago: “Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, alternate take [Travel day filler]”
 4 years ago: “Doctor visits…”
 5 years ago: “Common Buckeye”
 6 years ago: No post
 7 years ago: “Trip down memory lane…”
 8 years ago: “Not what *I* wanted to see at midnight…”
 9 years ago: “Red letter day”
10 years ago: “Butterfly Bush”
11 years ago: “At least it’s not a butterfly?”
12 years ago: “When you’re bigger than the flowers…”
13 years ago: “Geek Toys IV”

[Jesika]

I find exoskeletons fascinating. In fact I have a small collection of them including a spiders & a Shieldbugs. Beautiful Skipper.

[Mags]

Lovely details!

[Kathy]

I like this close-up. The butterfly looks like it has big black eyes and a big black nose.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautifully captured fav!