Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily Butterfly (etc.) Pictures. #95, 2 by Mrs_Ed

Mrs_Ed wrote:
yep, that's an american lady. you can tell because it has two eyespots instead of the four that a painted lady would have. I knew nothing until I got a book and started photographing everything I could find, then IDing it with the book. You'd be surprised how much you can learn.

This male monarch must have been waiting for a female to come along.

And An eastern tailed-blue. I had a hard time getting up off the ground after taking this picture. hahah.