Sleepy Orange Sulphur Butterfly  
This Sleepy Orange Sulphur Butterfly is orange on top with brown edges, and very yellow underneath. It's the fuzzy orange spot at the top of the photo on the left.

They land with their wings closed, so I tried to get a photo of it flying to show the color on top. Sorry it's blurry.

This one is a bit better; it's nectaring on Porterweed:

Believe it or not, Tim Adams emailed me when this tiny photo was the only Sleepy Orange Butterfly picture on my site to let me know what kind it was! How could he tell from that picture?
Sleepy Orange Butterfly
Sleepy Orange Butterfly
Sleepy Orange Butterfly
Sleepy Orange Butterfly
You should have seen me running through the shrubbery chasing this last one I saw to get these slightly better photos. These are fast uncooperative little butterflies!

You should have seen me running through the shrubbery chasing this last one I saw to get these slightly better photos. These are fast uncooperative little butterflies!

I've seen a few more Sleepy Orange Butterflies, but they're so quick I haven't been able to get a nice photo since. I'll keep trying though, so bookmark me and check back please.
My Email: Steph@mail.heuristron.net
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