Butterflies and moths …..Cheyenne Botanic Gardens… photos by Karen Cotton, copyright

We had hundreds of painted lady butterflies and other butterflies in Cheyenne, Wyoming recently. Today, however it was thirty degrees Farenheit and snowing outside, so I’m not sure if they made it 😦 Here are some pictures that I took last week at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens.

If you know the names of the brown and white butterfly/moth let me know in the comments below.

Thanks Karen 🙂

The orange and black butterflies are identified as painted ladies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_Lady

The yellow moth/butterfly is a Clouded Sulphur:  http://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Clouded-Sulphur

This is a great website to identify butterflies: http://www.gardenswithwings.com/identify-butterflies.html

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