September 20, 2025

I am a Cloudless Sulphur butterfly

I like to drink nectar from long-tubed flowers

You can find me on bougainvilla and hibiscus

Looking for that nectar I like to devour.

Location: Cocoa, James G. Bourbeau Memorial Park

Sources: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Phoebis-sennae

Photo and text © 2025 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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October 12, 2022

I am a Cloudless Sulphur butterfly

I'm more common in the fall

I migrate south cause I can't take the cold

And I'm too small to wear wool shawl.

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/bfly2/cloudless_sulphur.htm

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

November 30, 2017

Location: Titusville, Enchanted Forest

I'm a female Cloudless Sulphur butterfly.
My wings are edged with black, but I'm yellow over all.
My boyfriend's wings are edged in light brown,
And we both migrate south in the fall.

My color when I'm a caterpillar
Is based on my favorite cuisine:
If I snack on flowers my larvae is yellow,
If I eat leaves, the larvae is green.

Sources: UF/IAFS Featured Creatures: Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)

Photo and text © 2017 Dee Fairbanks Simpson