A woodland skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides) nectaring on alfalfa (Medicago sativa) near the Point Wilson lighthouse outside Port Townsend, Washington

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A chunky butterfly with triangular orange and brown-checkered wings perched on an inflorescence of purple papillionoid flowers, its proboscis extended into one flower
Jeremy B. Yoder @jbyoder