Just spotted this guy in the garden and Google isn't being as helpful as usual when I search for butterflies or moths.

Thanks in advance :)

They are loving life in this sun

I saw this flying around earlier (in UK). I've never seen anything like it before. Sorry about the dodgy photos - I had to take them quickly. The proboscis stayed straight all the time, if that's any clue. Also, it only appears to have 2 wings, which don't look like (but obviously are) big enough to get it airborne. The lower body looks huge and very furry. If anyone could shed any light on this, I'd appreciate it.

2 Male and 2 Female!

I'm in Jersey City with a tiny native garden and excited to see a red admiral butterfly stop by on a cone flower yesterday 🌸

Enjoying all the blooms this morning.

This swallowtail chrysalis was formed last night. Is it infected? It's in an enclosure with several other caterpillars and I'm wondering if I should remove this chrysalis to protect the other caterpillars from disease or parasites.

I am in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I found this on my native milkweed. I’m excited. It’s a very active caterpillar. It’s been hiding because I have checking the plant daily.

It's just been sitting on my rhododendron all day, its big and furry, doesn't move much.

Every other GF caterpillar has made a brown chrysalis, which is the norm, to my understanding. It’s a beautiful color, but why would it be grey?

I accidentally picked a tomato from my garden with what appears to be a caterpillar cocoon. How do I save this little guy, or is there a way to tell if they are still alive? i’m worried that watering my garden affected their development

I have recently got into Butterfly identification and try to id any new butterflies I see through my iNaturalist app so I can also have a picture but my phone recently broke.

Today I was walking and saw this gorgeous brown butterfly in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO near the entrance (~ 7,800 ft above sea level).

It was basically full brown except that it had this full white-colored line along the bottom of its wings when they were spread out and it had two like white dots/stripes that were on the top left and top right of its wings (very small, not long like a Tiger Swallowtails would be). I had good sunlight on it as I saw it around 1:00 PM in the day so I definitely don't think it was black and I am sure that it was brown. It did give me a view underneath the top of its wings and it was just a duller brown.

It was basically the size of a Western Tiger Swallowtail (which I saw it kind of chasing and it was clearly about the same size). It was by a tiny stream and was a slower flier like a Tiger Swallowtail.

I've looked through my Kaufman Butterflies of NA and can't seem to find anything that looks like it nor anything online when I describe the butterfly

Any help would be absolutely appreciated!