October Butterflies

I am amazed at how many butterflies are in the garden this time of year. My two favorites are the common buckeye and the monarch. It's definitely a feeding frenzy around my butterfly bushes. Today I even saw a hummingbird. What are they doing still hanging around here? 

Pumpkin Pie thought he would play a little game with his squirrel friend this morning. 

No squirrels were harmed:)

Butterflies

Some butterflies common in South Eastern Pennsylvania.

These I took recently in the backyard and also the meadow at the barn which has thousands of butterflies.

Above is a Pearl Crescent (I think).

Two Orange Sulfurs dance in the meadow below.

Common Buckeye above.

Meadow Fritillary below.

A beautiful Monarch on my zinnia.

This one below looks like a type of cabbage butterfly.

Silver Spotted Skipper

Another pretty Monarch...

"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

My daughter, Zoe, hunting for butterflies.