I think it is interesting that we all have similar pictures. Whenever I am out looking for something to shoot, I am thinking, "Would Karen start something with this theme?"

This marmot has 5 babies. They marked the mother and one of the babies with black dye in addition to ear tags. We stopped a lady w/ a butterfly net for info., she said they track all the generations and breeding...

Buckeye Butterfly, visits the same Nepeta every year. See it for a couple days and then it is gone till next year.

To: lgmd_gaz Beautiful shot of a butterfly. Most of those do not stay still long enough to get a good shot. If my memory serves me correctly, that's a Tiger Swallow Tail. Sadly, those a are scarce in my location, and have become less seen in my boyhood location. Back in my high school days, I had had one of those in my lepidoptera collection for science project.