The first one I wanted to do was the Clouded Sulphur Butterfly (Colias philodice).I often see large groups of them in the late spring through to the middle of autumn grouped around puddles and damp spots on the driveway.
This one I saw in the garden by the bird bath, which was surrounded by tulips and daffodils.
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I may add more spring flowers to this drawing at a later date.
My second drawing is of a Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) which is my favourite butterfly.
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As a child when I lived at in Toronto, I used to collect the caterpillars, feed them milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) and watch them when they left their chrysalis as butterflies and then released them back into the wild.
