What lovely common names butterflies do have! Amy Witt’s mother, Linda Witt, helped me id this little beauty that I followed for a while, forsaking the ancient civilization at Cahokia Mounds.

Here’s the

PEARLY CRESCENT

I found several little butterflies...can you see one on the clover? Yes, indeed it's a life of clover for these fluttery beauties! Here's the butterfly, mud-puddling: It also settled on green leaves, once in a while:

I was able to get only one shot of two together: