This past summer and fall, I didn’t notice as many butterflies in the area and no big gathering of the Monarch butterflies in the fall like some years. There were some individual butterflies around, like this Giant Swallowtail, and no which I haven’t been able to identify yet. And while the sun is out today, if the butterfly hadn’t migrated south, its wings would be rather stiff since below freezing yet and no green grass for it to land on.
Giant Swallowtail Butterfly
