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Mournful Butterfly

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 Maybe not "alight upon you," but stay long enough for you to admire it.Such was the case today with the Mournful or Sad Dusky-Wing,...

Mournful Butterfly

MOURNFUL BUTTERFLY, Erynnis tristis (Hesperiidae), spreads its wings on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Eyes Have It

THE EYES of the Mournful or Sad Dusky-Wing, Erynnis tristis (Hesperiidae) are vivid in this photo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Golden Pollen

GOLDEN POLLEN glitters on the head of a Mournful Dusky-Wing. Butterflies are often overlooked as pollinators. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, July 2, 2010 at 8:27 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

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E. T., Where Are You?

Call it the "Mournful Dusky-Wing" or the "Sad Dusky-Wing." Call it what you will, but the Erynnis tristis, a member of the skipper butterfly family (Hesperiidae), is neither mournful nor sad when it's nectaring lavender. The skipper, distinguishable from other dusky wings by its white fringe,...

Mournful Dusky-Wing

MOURNFUL DUSKY-WING butterfly nectaring lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tip Top
Tip Top

CAUGHT ON THE FLY, a female Erynnis tristis visits lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 8:39 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (298), Erynnis tristis (2), Mournful Dusky-Wing (2), Sad Dusky-Wing (1)

Posts Tagged: Erynnis tristis

Mournful Butterfly

E. T., Where Are You?

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