As we head into the final days before our big Butterfly count, I thought I’d share this Butterfly Identification website that Mona Miller, one of our count leaders, sent over.

Click on the wing shape and a series of photos pops up with common butterflies that look like that.  There are also colors that you can click on in order to narrow in your id from that direction. 

A nice tool for use as you learn the butterflies.

Norm Gresley took this beautiful shot of a _____ Butterfly at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship a few weeks ago.

Can you identify it? After you try your hand at using the id site, hover over the image here and you’ll see what species it is.