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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 15h

Like I said, unusual year. October is September this year.

ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 19h

Surprised to see a Swallowtail in October. Unusual year. A silhouetted female Spicebush Swallowtail on lantana for #InsectThursday #Photography99 📷 #GardenStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋 #Swallowtails

Silhouette of a large black butterfly on an orange flower cluster and expansive blurred green background.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 20h

A lovely diptych of a beautiful Painted Lady butterfly on wild Frostweed for #InsectThursday 🧡🤍 These two views provide a good illustration of the complexity of the markings on both sides of her wings. #Photography99 📷 #MeadowStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋

Medium-sized orange butterfly with an intricate pattern of white and black markings on a large cluster of white flowers.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A tiny Eastern Tailed-Blue butterfly on wild Asters. #Photography99 📷 #MeadowStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋

Tiny grayish white butterfly with many black dots and dash markings and two orange markings near the edge of her hindwings. On tiny white flowers with yellow centers.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So many butterfly photos, so little time to post. The butterfly population has exploded in October. They are so happy after a brutal September. Love this tiny Red-banded Hairstreak on wild Goldenrod in our middle meadow today. #Photography99 📷 #MeadowStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋

Tiny brown butterfly with a band of orange markings, perched on a large spike of yellow flowers.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mid-south. They’re coming from you. Send a message. Carrier Butterfly 😁

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Perfect afternoon lighting on a beautiful Painted Lady butterfly today. #Photography99 📷 #GardenStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋

Medium-sized orange butterfly with a charcoal markings and white splotches on its wing tips, on a large orange flower.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hi Pesti! Yes, stunning butterfly.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Migratory butterflies are pouring in…Monarchs, Painted Ladies, and this gorgeous Red Admiral enjoying wild Blue Mistflower in our front garden. This wildflower is everywhere, filling the air with a heavenly baby powder scent.🧡💜 #Photography99 📷 #MeadowStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋

Striking medium-sized chocolate brown butterfly with curved bold orange bands that almost complete a circle on its wings. It also has white splotches on the tips of its wings. It is enjoying nectar from fuzzy purple flowers.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A beautiful Checkered Skipper butterfly migrated in today. They love wild Asters in the Autumn. I only see them here in Autumn. #Photography99 📷 #MeadowStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋

Tiny brownish butterfly with an intricate creamy-white pattern getting nectar from tiny white flowers with yellow centers.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Making Julia Child’s Beef Bourguignon. One hour remaining in the oven. This photo was before the oven stage.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The males have two black nodules on their hindwings. Females do not. See this photo of a male for illustration.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A gorgeous female Monarch on wild Frostweed flowers. 🧡🤍 #Photography99 📷 #MeadowStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋 #Monarch

Large orange butterfly with black vein markings and white dots on black along the edges of her wings. Getting nectar from a large cluster of white flowers.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Happy Sunday! Can you spot the Velvetbean moth among the leaves? If I had not seen it fly and land, there is no way I would have seen it. Species name is Anticarsia gemmatalis. #Photography99 📷 #Moths

Camouflaged brown moth among the brown leaves. It also looks like a brown leaf.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you, Mark. Have a great weekend.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fire in the sky… I love Autumn sunsets. Stunning tonight after a much needed rainy day. #Photography99 📷 #Sunsets 🧡

Brilliant orange lit clouds at sunset under a blue sky with a ridge of trees underneath.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A lovely bumblebee on Bluebeard flowers for #InsectThursday I got lucky to get inches away with my macro lens. #Photography99 📷 #GardenStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Bees 🐝

A large, fuzzy black and yellow bee on blue flowers.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A tiny Eastern Tailed-Blue butterfly on wild Asters in our middle meadow this afternoon. #Photography99 📷 #MeadowStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋

Tiny grayish-white butterfly with black speck markings and two orange dots on spiky green flower buds soon to open.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes. One of the most amazing species on the planet.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And another major migratory butterfly for #ColorfulMonday The stunning Painted Lady 🧡 #Photography99 📷 #GardenStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋

Medium-sized orange butterfly with charcoal and white markings on a spike of light lavender flowers.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This should be the playoff brackets. It sets up a more equitable playoff. This year, it also sets up the Yankees and Red Sox meeting in the 2nd Round 5 game series instead of 1st Round 3 game series; While that is not a motivation for this better system, it would be a bonus this year.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Something is broken with the Baseball playoffs when the three best teams in the American League are placed in the same bracket and the 3 worst teams are placed in a bracket. They need a new seeding system. Division Winners is obsolete. Tampa is being punished for having the best record. Ranger fan.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A majestic female Monarch this morning for #SaturdayOrange 🧡 Seeing more and more each day as they migrate southward with some cooler weather. #Photography99 📷 #GardenStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋 #Monarch

Large orange butterfly with black vein markings and white dots on black along the wing edges, perched on a purple flower spike.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Empty Nester Date Night Dinner… Pan seared Dry Aged NY Strip finished with duck fat and Irish butter over rosemary and sage. Accompanied by roasted Honeypatch squash and lightly charred baby broccoli. Nicely complimented by a bottle of Cloudveil Pinot Noir from Oregon.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Speaking of Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillars, here’s a video of a young one secreting enzymes to curl a Sassafras leaf around itself for more protection than just looking like a snake. Nature is amazing! #Photography99 📷 #Butterflies 🦋 #InsectThursday #Swallowtails

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here’s a Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar on a Sassafras leaf, one of its host plants.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Love Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillars 💚 And in the Fall, they can be orangy-red instead of green to blend in with the foliage.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A stunningly beautiful male Pipevine Swallowtail showed up this evening in the last hour of Summer to wish you a happy #AutumnEquinox #Photography99 📷 #GardenStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋 #Swallowtails

Large bluish-black butterfly with orange and white markings on a large, light orange flower.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I wish you the best in your pursuit. I went for value for my skillset that still allowed for growth. The Canon R8 hasn’t disappointed. The two lenses I have listed haven’t disappointed either. I know some on here love their Sony cameras and higher quality Canons too. I feel good about my choices.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Surprisingly, it may have been the star of the meal. Umami.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wide shot of the zinnia patch… Variegated Fritillary butterfly and a Grass Skipper on pink zinnias. #Photography99 📷 #GardenStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋

Medium-sized golden yellow-orange butterfly with a tiny yellow butterfly on pink flowers with many pink flowers blurred in the background.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Happy Sunday! A magnificent female Spicebush Swallowtail on tropical Duranda flowers on our front porch. #Photography99 📷 #GardenStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋 #Swallowtails

Large black butterfly with orange, blue and white markings on a long spike of purple flowers.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It was. Under $20 gourmet meal for two. An extra $14 for the Cab.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What’s for Sunday dinner? Duck Leg Confit with a lovely side salad and Squash baked in White Wine, a smidge of Duck Fat and Taragon. Duck finished under the broiler for extra crispy skin.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We have had a good Pipevine Swallowtail population; a decent Black Swallowtail population; ok for Tigers, haven’t seen one in 7 weeks but good before that; Spicebush Swallowtails have been heavy this year. I am worried about the downstream impact on next year’s populations and diversity.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Thank you. And thank you for asking. I don’t mind at all.

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The extreme heat has taken a toll on our butterfly variety and population here. Worst Sept I have witnessed. I have yet to see a Gulf Fritillary butterfly this year. This was the last photo I took of one last year on Sept 29th. #Photography99 📷 #GardenStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋

Large pumpkin orange butterfly with some black markings on a large pink flower.

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