I recently made a visit to Wings of Fancy – the butterfly exhibit at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland. In its twelfth year, Wings of Fancy is an exhibit of free flying North American, Costa Rican and Asian butterflies in the South Conservatory. This year, the exhibit runs until September 21st.

Here are a few more of the butterflies I photographed this year.

A Grecian Shoemaker Butterfly from Costa Rica

Grecian Shoemake Butterfly (c) 2008 Patty Hankins

A Banded Orange Butterfly – also from Costa Rica

Banded Orange Butterfly (c) 2008 Patty Hankins

A monarch butterfly perched on a zinnia

Monarch Butterfly (c) 2008 Patty Hankins

And finally – four butterflies that I haven’t been able to identify. If anyone knows what any of these are -I’d appreciate it if you could let me know.

(c) 2008 Patty Hankins

(c) 2008 Patty Hankins

(c) 2008 Patty Hankins

(c) 2008 Patty Hankins

Wings of Fancy at Brookside Gardens is always wonderful to visit. I’m hoping to get one more visit in before the exhibit closes for the year on September 21.