A medium-sized, black and orange butterfly is posing on a yellow flower. This is a Baltimore Checkerspot, a member of the Brushfoot family found near wet meadows or on old fields in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. They are not a common butterfly in our region. There are only 26 iNaturalist observations of this butterfly in the Adirondack Park. For comparison, there are nearly a thousand observations of the Monarch and nearly 800 observations of the White Admiral within Park boundaries.

For Rina’s @rina2012.bsky.social #ButterflyWeek: a Baltimore Checkerspot, thoughtfully posing on a yellow flower. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b...

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