A fiery skipper butterfly on a thistle flower. The photo is taken looking up at the butterfly, which is atop the thistle and looking left. The thistle has some green at the bottom of the photo, but is mostly a brilliant purple flower head. The skipper is a light orange color with several brown spots on its wings. It has a large black eye and a pair of small antennae. Its proboscis is curved down into the flower head.

Fiery skipper. #FierySkipper #HylephilaPhyleus #Skipper #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Thistle #Wildflower #Flower #EdnaTaylorConservationPark #Madison #Wisconsin

A Hylephila phyleus butterfly visiting a pink zinnia flower with yellow florets. The butterfly is light tan-yellowish in color. butterflies pollinators bloomscrolling gardenhour gardening wildlifegarden butterflygarden invertebrates

Morning walk in the garden. An adorable Fiery Skipper Butterfly on a zinnia flower. #hylephilaphyleus #bugsky