Roads End Naturalist

Exploring the natural world as we wander at the end of the road


Tag: long-tailed skipper

  • Long-tailed Skipper

    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 Went wandering in the yard this weekend and I caught a glimpse of an infrequent visitor to these parts – a Long-tailed Skipper, Urbanus proteus. Long-tailed Skippers are Read more…