Butterflies – Jeremy Meyer Photography

I had an awesome vacation for butterflies, and I found lots of them, 33 species and 12 lifers! I spent about one week of my 3+ week vacation chasing butterflies. Out of that time, I was mostly in two spots. I spent several days at the Babcock/Webb Wildlife Management Area and a couple more at the State College of Florida in search of butterflies. I have seen a decent amount at these places in the past and this year was even better. I also spent half a day at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, looking for birds and butterflies. I found one Ruddy Daggerwing while walking the boardwalk. Then near the nature center, there were many more butterflies flying around, however most were away from the boardwalk. Weather was absolutely perfect this year, 82-86 degrees and sunny the entire vacation. The photos below are from my Florida vacation in February. Enjoy!

Baracoa Skipper

Barred Yellow

Cassius Blue

Ceranus Blue

Clouded Skipper

Common-checkered Skipper

Dainty Sulphur

Eufala Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Georgia Satyr

Gray Hairstreak

Great Southern White

Gulf Fritillary

Little Metalmark

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Ocola Skipper

Palatka Skipper

Phaon Crescent

Red-banded Hairstreak

Ruddy Daggerwing

Sachem

Southern Broken-Dash

Swarthy Skipper

Tropical Checkered-Skipper

Twin-spot Skipper

Whirlabout

White Peacock

This is a “year in review” photo gallery, of the different butterflies I photographed in Wisconsin this past year. 2022 was an amazing year for some of the rare or uncommon strays to our state, especially in Milwaukee County. Those included Marine Blue, Reakirt’s Blue, Common Checkered Skipper, California Tortoiseshell, Gray Hairstreak and Variegated Fritillary. When looking at the photos, if you are interested to see where a specific butterfly was seen, please navigate to the individual pages from the gallery page. You can do that by clicking on Butterflies and choosing a the one you want to see. Also, there is a great website for Wisconsin butterflies, that has photos for each specie and a description to help ID them. In addition, you can submit your sightings throughout the year. That website is, Home — wisconsinbutterflies.org. Enjoy!