By the Cape May Lighthouse is a huge wetland area with loads of butterflies.
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus), Cape May Wetlands State Natural Area 9/17/2019 
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), Cape May Wetlands State Natural Area 9/17/2019 
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), Cape May Wetlands State Natural Area 9/17/2019 
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia), Cape May Wetlands State Natural Area 9/17/2019 
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia), Cape May Wetlands State Natural Area 9/17/2019 
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), Cape May Wetlands State Natural Area 9/17/2019
beautiful captures Sherry!
Beautiful
Oh, my! All great photos. 😊
Thanks Irene. I thought making the background gray helps to highlight the subject.
Oh how I love Cape May, and your photos display the beauty and variety that is classic of this wonderful place in the world. Fantastic photos, Sherry, and labeling much appreciated.
Thank you so much.
This is wonderful Lovely captures of these little critters. They are on decline here this year, hopefully we see more butterflies next year, it was a wet summer here.
There’s been a huge decline in butterflies and insects here too. It was good to see small clouds of Monarchs float by.
Oh that would be soooo cool. There have been Monarchs here, but I haven’t seen one this year. Toronto is so very awesome they have made a Monarch butterfly ribbon of Milkweed, as the butterfly can only sense them within a certain radius, and by continual plantings, the Monarch’s range can be extended. Thanks for sharing these wonderful images.
A good netful
Yes. At our butterflclub I learned butterflies are rarely netted these days. Some are tagged for scientific research. Killing them is a no no.
That is good