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Butterfly walk: NJ Botanical Garden Aug. 09, 2026

Although there was a weather heat advisory in effect, the conditions did not feel as bad as forecast ( 90°F ) and the Audubon Society & park provided free bottles of water to the attendees which was much appreciated.
The photographs were taken with a Canon RF 24mm-240mm lens. It's my favorite all-around lens but not especially exceptional for pure bird photography when higher resolutions are the norm but is better for subjects like butterflies, in my opinion.
image of New Jersey Botanical Garden
The start of the walk …
image of Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Ironweed
image of Silver Spotted skipper
The Silver spotted skipper.
image of Silver Spotted skipper
image of A duskywing butterfly
A duskywing butterfly.

image of image of a duskywing butterfly
Horace's duskywing closeup
AKA
Spreadwing Skipper?
image of a common eastern bumblebee
A Common Eastern Bumblebee. They are so mellow, my favorite!
image of an American Goldfinch
The American goldfinch is the state bird of three states - Iowa, New Jersey, and Washington.
image of a Great Spangled Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary
image of a Great Spangled Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary among the coneflowers.
image of a Cabbage White butterfly
What can you find?
image
Did you find the Cabbage White butterfly blending in with the Mountain Mint?
image of a Cabbage White butterfly
Another Cabbage White.
image of a cedar waxwing
A Cedar Waxwing high in the tree identified by someone with better eyes than me …
image of an American Toad
An American Toad
image of an American Toad
Very tiny, only spotted because he moved ….
image of a common wood nymph
A common Wood Nymph butterfly. Looking worse for the wear …
image of a car with numerous stickers
Returning to the parking area, this.
image of a car with numerous stickers
There were a lot of places I visited represented on this car, some I've only driven past (Perry's Nut House in Maine!) but a lot more than I will ever collect stickers for.

Links

  1. Silver Spotted Skipper at Butterfly Conservation.
  2. Cabbage White Butterfly at New Jersey Butterfly Club
  3. American Toad at nj.gov
  4. Common Wood Nymph Butterfly at New Jersey Butterfly Club.
  5. Canon RF24-240mm F4-6.3 IS USM lens review
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