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 Cabbage White on Purple Echinacea
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Tor Hansen, a naturalist and lepidopterist based in Orleans, has been documenting the winged visitors to the garden located at the entrance to the library parking lot. Designed and planted by the Orleans Conservation Trust, the garden contains butterfly weed, asters, purple echinacea and other pollinator-friendly native species.

A longtime resident of Cape Cod, Tor is co-author, with Mark Mello, of Butterflies across Cape Cod : a guide to finding, attracting, and observing butterflies on the Cape. We thank him for the time and energy he has spent assembling this unique eco-photo archive for Snow Library!

 Cabbage White on Purple Echinacea

Cabbage White on Purple Echinacea

 Monarch butterfly nectaring on Swamp Milkweed.

Monarch butterfly nectaring on Swamp Milkweed.

 Possibly an Ocala Skipper

Possibly an Ocala Skipper

 Goldfinch on echinacea

Goldfinch on echinacea

 Honeybee gathering pollen from a clump of Mountain Mint.

Honeybee gathering pollen from a clump of Mountain Mint.

 Cobweb Skipper

Cobweb Skipper

 Little Glassywing Skipper on Swamp Milkweed

Little Glassywing Skipper on Swamp Milkweed

Pearl Crescent on New England Aster

Pearl Crescent on New England Aster

 Sachem Skipper on New England Aster

Sachem Skipper on New England Aster

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 Cabbage White on Purple Echinacea
 Monarch butterfly nectaring on Swamp Milkweed.
 Possibly an Ocala Skipper
 Goldfinch on echinacea
 Honeybee gathering pollen from a clump of Mountain Mint.
 Cobweb Skipper
 Little Glassywing Skipper on Swamp Milkweed
Pearl Crescent on New England Aster
 Sachem Skipper on New England Aster
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