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Monarch caterpillar peeks out from butterflyweed flowers to peer at monarch butterfly, the Minnesota state butterfly

Monarch on Butterflyweed

  • March 23, 2023March 23, 2023
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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leaf cutter bee emerges from pollinating showy lady's slipper, the Minnesota state flower

Pink & White Lady’s Slipper

  • March 9, 2023March 23, 2023
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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painted lady butterfly drinks nectar on New England aster flowers

Painted Lady on New England Asters

  • February 9, 2023February 27, 2023
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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moccasins rest in the leaves under a cluster of yellow lady's slipper flowers

Lost Moccasins

  • January 12, 2023February 25, 2023
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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small white lady's slippers: one natural, the other patterned like a moccasin

Small White Moccasin Flower

  • December 22, 2022March 2, 2023
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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jack in the pulpit flower

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

  • October 27, 2022August 9, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Showy lady's slippers: one natural, one patterned like a moccasin

Showy Moccasin Flower

  • October 13, 2022March 2, 2023
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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wild clematis flowers

Blue Virgin’s Bower

  • September 29, 2022August 8, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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colored pencil drawing of asiatic dayflowers

Asiatic Dayflower

  • July 7, 2022April 23, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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blue closed gentian flowers

Bottle Gentian

  • June 16, 2022June 28, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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ram's head lady's slipper flower

Ram’s Head Lady’s Slipper

  • June 2, 2022December 8, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Zebra Swallowtail butterfly on Jacob's Ladder flowers

Zebra Swallowtail

  • May 19, 2022April 23, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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colored pencil drawing of penstemon flowers

Large-Flowered Beardtongue

  • May 12, 2022April 22, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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pink aka stemless lady's slipper flower

Stemless Lady’s Slipper

  • April 21, 2022February 26, 2023
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Indian Paintbrush flowers

Indian Paintbrush

  • March 31, 2022January 31, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Monarch butterfly on black-eyed susan flowers

Monarch

  • March 17, 2022October 24, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Prairie Smoke flowers

Prairie Smoke

  • March 3, 2022January 31, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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small white lady's slipper flower

Small White Lady’s Slipper

  • January 20, 2022December 8, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Karner blue butterflies on wild lupine flowers

Karner Blue

  • January 13, 2022April 23, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Poinsettia, the Christmas flower

Poinsettia

  • December 23, 2021January 31, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Calypso bulbosa flower

Fairy Slipper

  • December 9, 2021December 11, 2021
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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orange daylily flowers

Daylily

  • November 18, 2021December 11, 2021
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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wild blue flag flowers

Blue Flag Iris

  • October 28, 2021December 11, 2021
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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lily of the valley flowers

Lily of the Valley

  • October 7, 2021December 11, 2021
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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merry bells flowers

Large-Flowered Bellwort

  • September 16, 2021December 11, 2021
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Western meadowlark bird sings from a prairie rose branch

Western Meadowlark

  • September 4, 2021December 11, 2021
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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yellow lady's slipper flower

Yellow Lady’s Slipper

  • May 20, 2020December 8, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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white mountain heather flowers

White Mountain Heather

  • April 29, 2020September 16, 2021
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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sphinx moth drinks nectar from blue delphinium flower

White-Lined Sphinx Moth

  • April 15, 2020June 10, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Red poppy flowers

Red Poppy

  • April 8, 2020September 16, 2021
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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pair of tradescantia spiderwort flowers

Spiderwort

  • March 4, 2020December 11, 2021
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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michigan lily flowers

Turk’s-Cap Lily

  • February 10, 2020December 11, 2021
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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showy, yellow, small white, ram's head, small yellow, and stemless lady's slipper flowers in a giant bouquet

Lady Slipper Bouquet

  • January 26, 2020December 8, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Large-Flowered Trillium flowers

Trillium

  • October 21, 2019December 11, 2021
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Tiger swallowtail butterfly drinking nectar from orange hawkweed flowers

Tiger Swallowtail on Orange Hawkweed

  • October 16, 2019April 23, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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two jack in the pulpit flowers

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

  • October 12, 2019December 11, 2021
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Wild prairie rose flowers

Wild Prairie Rose

  • October 7, 2019December 11, 2021
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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male and female meadowhawk dragonflies rest on touch-me-not flowers

Meadowhawk Dragonflies and Spotted Touch-Me-Nots

  • September 11, 2019October 24, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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showy lady's slipper flower

Showy Lady’s Slipper

  • November 29, 2018December 8, 2022
  • by Rachael Koppendrayer

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Christmas card 2022: "Delivery Status: Delayed" The Painted Lady is finished! Here's a slideshow of my progress, from the initial outline to the complete painting. The butterflies are busy in my garden today, providing plenty inspiration for art! At noon I was able to photograph a painted lady on dotted blazing star, a male tiger swallowtail on phlox, and monarchs on prairie blazing star! Painted Lady in progress! I'm almost done with the butterfly and ready to move onto the New England asters. I took my first bike ride of the spring last week, and sure enough, the pussy willows were in bloom, and the mourning cloak butterflies were on the wing! Lost Moccasins Here is Sophie, a colored pencil commission I did this winter! A commission I had for Christmas--Ace the black lab puppy (in colored pencil, of course). I haven't done much for pet drawings, but I was pleased with Duchess here! (For a friend who raises Aussies)

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