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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Aug 08, 2015

These were everywhere on a walk in Middleborough, MA a few days ago. What are they?

Thanks!

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dlefik Spencerville, OH(Zone 6a) Aug 08, 2015

EDIT - correction, I'm guessing a Clouded Sulphur butterfly.

http://www.cirrusimage.com/butterfly_csulphur.htm

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Aug 08, 2015

Cool! What was your original guess?

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dlefik Spencerville, OH(Zone 6a) Aug 08, 2015

Well, I hope I'm right about the clouded sulphur, but my original guess was the "Little Yellow". Seemed almost similar when I saw pictures of it but once I looked closer, it seemed to be missing some of the blacks spots that the Clouded Sulphur had.

This is my first source I was looking at.

http://www.butterfliesofmassachusetts.net/little-yellow.htm

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Aug 09, 2015

Possibly 2 male Clouded Sulphurs and one male Orange Sulphur, though Flapdoodle will probably be along soon to enhance my education. ;-)

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 10, 2015

I tend to agree with greenthumb, but I also would like to be able to see the dorsal aspect of their wings. Wing patterns can be variable in both of these species...

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Aug 12, 2015

Thanks everyone!

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