Buckeye Butterfly

Thanks! It is really cool to get to hold one. If you've ever tried to get close to one, you'd know how hard it is to even get a foot or two away. I raised this one from a chrysalis, so even though it had already pumped its wings, it wasn't sure if it wanted to fly or not. After some pictures I left to go eat and reproduce. :)

Thank you! The second picture here is a chrysalis: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/37376005. Both this spotting and the one in the picture were individuals that I had raised, but this one I found as a chrysalis, and the one in the link as a caterpillar.