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This might be a new butterfly to me – the White Admiral. Limenitis arthemis. I saw a post from a nursery I follow on Instagram calling this an Admiral. I thought, oh no, that’s a zebra butterfly. I was all mixed up. The zebra butterfly is a southern species – Florida – and, although it is black and white, it has more stripes on its wings. I noticed this one in my garden, sipping at the borage flowers, and took photos. Google identified it as a White Admiral. I also was able to take a closer look and see the spots of color – blue and orange-red – on the bottom and underside of its wings. These spots linked it more closely with the Red Admirals I see often around here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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White Admiral on borage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It happens a lot. I realize I’ve misidentified plants and insects, When it happens, I really feel something creaky turning over in my brain. Oh gosh, how could I have been so wrong. It is refreshing. It’s good to realize I have a lot to learn. As a child, I frequently consulted some little field guides that helped identify local wildflowers and insects. At that time I was living outside Chicago, so there were some regional differences then to now. And I learned only the most basic species from that experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Underside of wing with colorful spots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Maybe the name White Admiral has associations with racial and military hierarchies. Maybe it’s a bad name. I read about this butterfly on a Canadian website called the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas <\/a>and it helped me feel better about the name: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the first species of Canadian butterfly documented by European settlers, it appears on an early map of Halifax named the \u201cWhite Admirable\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Top view with wings almost open<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking of admiration, I ran across this poem on Substack today. I actually really like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LATE PRAYER by Erin Robinsong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

May our weapons be effective feminine inventions that like life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May we blow up like weeds, and be medicinal and everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May the disturbed ground be our pharmacy. May the exhausted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

hang out in the beautiful light. May our souls moisten and reveal us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May our actions be deft as the inhale after a dream of suffocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May the oligarchs get enough to eat in their souls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May we participate in the intelligence we\u2019re in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May we grow into our name. May political harm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

be a stench that awakens. May we not be distracted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let our joy repeated be power that spreads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May our wealth be common. May oligarchs come out<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of their fortresses and become psychologically well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May their wealth be returned to the people and places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May we shift slide rise tilt roll and twist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May we feel the very large intimacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And may it assist us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Metatron Press<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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