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PO Box 9021, Wilmington, DE
19809, USA
E-mail: tours@focusonnature.com
Phone: Toll-free in USA, Canada, & Puerto Rico 1-800-721-9986
or 302/529-1876
FOLLOWING
HERE ARE LINKS TO LISTS THAT INCLUDE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS, DRAGONFLIES,
& DAMSELFLIES,
RELATING TO FOCUS ON NATURE TOURS AT VARIOUS DESTINATIONS.
FROM THESE LINKS THERE ARE OTHERS TO LISTS OF OTHER
NATURE DURING THE TOURS,
AND INFORMATION ABOUT PAST & UPCOMING FONT TOURS.
Links:
In these
three photos,
the 3 stages in the life of the MONARCH.
First (above), the MONARCH CATERPILLAR
Second, the
MONARCH CHRYSALID
Third, the MONARCH BUTTERFLY
(1st & 2nd photos by Doris Potter; 3rd photo by Howard Eskin)
Additional
links:
A listing of Upcoming Focus On Nature Tours
A Directory of Photos in this Website
A Photo Gallery of
Some North American Dragonflies
& Damselflies
The Dragonfly known as the
CALICO PENNANT,
Celithemis elisa.
(photo by Doris Potter)
REGIONAL NORTH
AMERICAN LISTS OF
BUTTERFLIES, and some MOTHS,
DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES
ARIZONA
A BORDERED PATCH photographed
during a FONT Tour in August 2010
(photo by Marie Gardner)
Arizona
Butterflies, Moths,
Grasshoppers
A List with some PHOTOS
Arizona
Dragonflies & Damselflies
A List with some PHOTOS
A WHITE-LINED SPHINX
MOTH
photographed during a FONT Tour in Arizona
(photo by Doris Potter)
CALIFORNIA
California Butterflies
including those during
the FONT West Coast Tours
EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
from eastern Canada to Florida
Butterflies of Eastern North
America
A List with some PHOTOS
Moths of Eastern North
America
A List with some PHOTOS
Dragonflies
& Damselflies
of Eastern North America
A List with some PHOTOS
NORTH CAROLINA
Not a MONARCH, but a mimic of
it called the VICEROY.
Not even in the same genus as the Monarch:
Limenitis, not Danaus.
(upper Viceroy photo by Howard Eskin,
lower Viceroy photo by Doris Potter)
North Carolina
Butterflies, Moths, Dragonflies, & Damselflies,
Lists with some PHOTOS
TEXAS
Similar to
the MONARCH, depicted here
in both of the above photographs is the QUEEN.
Both are in the genus Danaus.
(both photos by Howard Eskin)
Texas
Butterflies
A List with some PHOTOS
with notes for those in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Dragonflies & Damselflies
A List with some PHOTOS
Two
photographs of PIPEVINE SWALLOWTAILS
during FONT Tours
(both photos by Doris Potter)
WASHINGTON
STATE
Washington
State Butterflies
including those during
the FONT West Coast Tours
In the Caribbean, the GULF
FRITILLARY
is known as the SILVER-SPOTTED FLAMBEAU
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Butterflies
& Moths
in the West Indies of the Caribbean
A List with some PHOTOS
In the list reached in the above link,
butterflies are noted during FONT Tours
on these Caribbean islands:
Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, the Caymans, Dominica,
Guadeloupe,
Hispaniola,
Jamaica, Montserrat,
Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, & Saint Vincent.
Butterflies & Moths
and
Dragonflies & Damselflies
and Other Nature
of the Dominican Republic
A List with some
PHOTOS
Butterflies of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico,
A list with some PHOTOS
The RUDDY
DAGGERWING
has been observed "puddling"
during FONT Tours in Costa Rica.
Central American Butterflies & some Moths,
A List in 5 Parts, with some PHOTOS
(over 1,450 species)
Central American Butterflies, Part #1,
Papilionidae: Swallowtails
Central American Butterflies, Part #2,
Pieridae: Whites, Yellows, Sulphurs, Marbles
Central American Butterflies, Part #4,
Nymphalidae: Brushfoots
Central American Butterflies, Part #5,
Hesperiidae: Skippers
The URANIA
MOTH,
that can be confused with swallowtail butterflies,
as it is large, very colorful, tailed, diurnal, and flower-loving.
This photograph was taken during a FONT Tour in Costa Rica.
(photo by Rosemary Lloyd)
An IO MOTH found during a FONT
Tour in Belize.
The species ranges from Canada to Belize.
An Owl Butterfly,
Caligo eurilochus brasiliensis.
a large South American butterfly
A large South American moth
photographed during a FONT Tour in Southeast Brazil
South American Butterflies
A List in 5 Parts
with some PHOTOS
(About 900 species)
South American Butterflies, Part #1,
Papilionidae: Swallowtails
South American Butterflies, Part #2,
Pieridae: Whites, Yellows, Sulphurs, Marbles
South American Butterflies, Part #3,
Lycaenidae: Hairstreaks, Blues
& Riodinidae: Metalmarks
South American Butterflies, Part #4,
Nymphalidae: Brushfoots
South American Butterflies, Part #5,
Hesperlidae: Skippers
The SILVER KING
SHOEMAKER,
with another name, the TWO-SPOTTED PREPONA
(photo courtesy of Junji Nakamura
who sent us this picture of a
butterfly
that had been her mother's since the 1950s)
REGIONAL SOUTH AMERICAN
BUTTERFLY LISTS
ARGENTINA & BRAZIL,
& nearby PARAGUAY
& URUGUAY
An "EIGHTY-EIGHT"
BUTTERFLY,
Diaethria clymena,
photographed during a FONT Tour
in Brazil
Iguazu Falls,
besides being a sight itself to see,
it is one of the best places anywhere
for BUTTERFLIES
CHILE
Butterflies
& Moths of Chile
A list with some PHOTOS
Butterflies
& Moths of Europe
A List with some PHOTOS
A SMALL COPPER photographed
during
a FONT Fall Tour in Sweden
(photo by James Scheib)
Butterflies of the Canary Islands
A COMMON MAP,
Cyrestis
thyodamas mabella,
photographed in Okinawa Japan
(photo courtesy of Becky Wood)
Butterflies &
Moths of Japan
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