Amid all of the Common and Orange sulphurs at Tinicum today, I found this Cloudless Giant Sulphur (Phoebis sennae).

It was finally a day off after lots of work, and a nice day of walking the dogs, birding (1 new species) and this butterfly.

near Aduana Arroyo, just downstream of Alamos, Sonora, Mexico.

In my butterfly garden in Toms River, New Jersey 9-23-19. Waystation number 11567

Phoebis sennae. It was quite large, full wingspan maybe 9 cm. Observed at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, MO.

Found in Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, near Houston, Texas, USA.

My guess is Cloudless Sulphur - Phoebis sennae

half a moon you get the other half later.

Lago di Fogliano

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) resting for a bit at Higbee Beach WMA in Cape May, NJ. These butterflies were all over Cape Island on 9/6/06.

Observing a pleasant, cloudless Valentine's Day sunset over the city tonight. Have a nice Valentine's Day, everyone! Despite the nice and mild weather we were having, we are in danger of returning to a drought... Pics taken from around San Jose, CA from up at The Point Church. (Wednesday around sunset, February 14, 2018)

Weather update:

A low pressure trough & frontal system were over western Canada. This system had dropped southeastward with the southern end brushing Northern California this day. Today, we saw cloudy to partly cloudy skies around the Bay Area. By Thursday thru Saturday, the high pressure ridge was forecast to move a little closer to the coast. The north state was to be mostly clear with above normal daytime temps with breezy northerly winds. Where's all the winter rains lately? February has been bone-dry so far... The longer range models hint a wetter pattern toward the end of the month, hopefully.

Cloudless sulphur butterflies [Phoebis sennae] enjoying a zinnia

Heritage Park

Johnson County, Kansas, USA

Yellow Sulfur

I've taken lots of butterfly pictures in the last few months. The little yellow ones fly so fast and so eratic, its difficult to get a good shot. At Playcard Swamp, I found these two waiting patiemtly on the edge of the swamp. Later I read that they sometimes land on the ground to lick some salt. (Phoebis sennae)

Nikon D70 & Nikkor 80-400mm at 400mm, 1/125s, f5.6, ISO 200

San Diego County, California, US

www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Phoebis-sennae

couldn't resist yet another sunset shot

Yuma County, Arizona

9/15/2016

They aren't the same species of sulphur, but the smaller one briefly checked out the cloudless one.

Adult upperside of male wings lemon yellow or pale greenish-yellow with no markings; female forewing with small dark spot, usually a narrow blackish outer margin, and a few vague dark dots near tip. Underside of hindwing with two silver black-rimmed spots in both sexes.

Alamos, Sonora, Mexico.

Santa Cruz County, Arizona, US

cloudless giant sulfur butterfly at the Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, Arizona.

Vivitar Series1 105mm 1:2.5 Macro + Vivitar 2X Macro Focusing Teleconverter - Sigma EM-140DG Flash

Cloudless Sulphur butterfly on Barrel Cactus blossom.

Sabino Canyon.

Tucson, AZ.

8-20-12.

Photo By: Ned Harris

Shaw Nature Reserve

Cloudless Sulphur Butterflies (Phoebis sennae) Male on left on Partridge Pea one of their host plants - Females on right. Gibson Power Plant Wildlife Area/Cane Ridge/Tern Bar Slough area, Gibson County, Indiana - 08/31/2014

North Park Village Nature Center, Chicago, Illinois

Jasper County, SC.

They breed in the Cassia trees but love the firebush

Cloudless sulfur Caterpillar on Cassia tree,

Phoebis sennae eubule (Linnaeus)

(Lepidoptera: Pieridae).

Pheobis sennae nectaring on thistle sp. at Bald Point SP sw of Tallahassee, Fl.

At home on Feb 25, EDSA Anniversary.