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Ellen Michaels, formerly a model, is currently a wildlife and nature photographer specializing in photos of the birds, butterflies and insects of Central Park in New York City.

Millions of people visit Central Park yearly. With it's abundance of wildlife and over 50 butterfly species, including migrating Monarch butterflies, visitors from all over the world enjoy this great location.

The best place to see butterflies is at the Central Park Butterfly Gardens. And the best time to see butterflies in Central Park is May through October when they are feeding on the beautiful wildflowers and host plants.

If you would like to license images or purchase prints you can e-mail me here. My email is EllenMichaels@ymail.com

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Size: 67 items (105 items total)
Spicebush Swallowtail
 
 

Spicebush Swallowtail

The Spicebush Swallowtail is on Cardinal Flower

Black Swallowtail
 
 

Black Swallowtail

Size: 4 items
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
 
 

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Size: 2 items
Pipevine Swallowtail
 
 

Pipevine Swallowtail

The Pipevine Swallowtail is on Phlox

Red Admiral Butterfly
 
 

Red Admiral Butterfly

Size: 3 items
Pipevine Swallowtail
 
 

Pipevine Swallowtail

The Pipevine Swallowtail is on Phlox

Giant Swallowtail
 
 

Giant Swallowtail

Size: 4 items
Monarch Butterfly
 
 

Monarch Butterfly

Size: 16 items
Compton Tortoiseshell
 
 

Compton Tortoiseshell

The Compton Tortoiseshell Butterfly is rare in Central Park

Common Buckeye
 
 

Common Buckeye

The Common Buckeye is on Brazilian Verbena

Common Buckeye
 
 

Common Buckeye

The Common Buckeye Butterfly is on Tatarian aster

Common Buckeye
 
 

Common Buckeye

The Common Buckeye Butterfly is on Black-eyed Susan

Great Spangled Fritillary
 
 

Great Spangled Fritillary

The Great Spangled Fritillary is on White Coneflower

Painted Lady
 
 

Painted Lady

The Painted Lady is on Joe-pye Weed

Painted Lady Butterfly
 
 

Painted Lady Butterfly

The Painted Lady Butterfly is on Canada Thistle

American Lady Butterfly
 
 

American Lady Butterfly

The American Lady Butterfly is on Purple Coneflower

Cabbage White
 
 

Cabbage White

The flower is Aster

Cabbage White Butterfly
 
 

Cabbage White Butterfly

The Cabbage White is on New York Ironweed

Cabbage White Mating
 
 

Cabbage White Mating

The Cabbage White Butterflies are on Chrysanthemum

Cabbage White Butterfly
 
 

Cabbage White Butterfly

The Cabbage White is on Sedum

Banded Hairstreak
 
 

Banded Hairstreak

Red-banded Hairstreak
 
 

Red-banded Hairstreak

The Red-banded Hairstreak is on Black-eyed Susan

Red-banded Hairstreak
 
 

Red-banded Hairstreak

The Red-banded Hairstreak is on Boneset

Gray Hairstreak Butterfly
 
 

Gray Hairstreak Butterfly

The Gray Hairstreak is on Tatarian Aster

Clouded/Orange Sulphur Butterfly
 
 

Clouded/Orange Sulphur Butterfly

The Clouded Orange Sulphur is on Buddleia

Cloudless Sulphur
 
 

Cloudless Sulphur

The Cloudless Sulphur is on Lantana

Orange Sulphur Butterfly
 
 

Orange Sulphur Butterfly

The Orange Sulphur is on Purple Aster

Orange Sulphur Butterfly
 
 

Orange Sulphur Butterfly

The Orange Sulphur is on Joe-pye Weed

Summer Azure Butterfly
 
 

Summer Azure Butterfly

The Summer Azure is on Boneset

Eastern Tailed-Blue
 
 

Eastern Tailed-Blue

The flower is Shasta Daisy

Eastern Tailed-Blue Butterfly
 
 

Eastern Tailed-Blue Butterfly

The flower is Shasta Daisy

Eastern Tailed-Blue
 
 

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Northern Pearly-Eye
 
 

Northern Pearly-Eye

White-M Hairstreak
 
 

White-M Hairstreak

The White-M Hairstreak is on Korean Chrysanthemum

Pearl Crescent
 
 

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent Butterfly
 
 

Pearl Crescent Butterfly

The Pearl Crescent is on Milkweed

Eastern Comma
 
 

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma
 
 

Eastern Comma

Question Mark Butterfly
 
 

Question Mark Butterfly

The Question Mark Butterfly is on Phlox

Common Sootywing
 
 

Common Sootywing

The Common Sootywing Skipper is on Globe Amaranth

Mourning Cloak Butterfly
 
 

Mourning Cloak Butterfly

Size: 5 items
American Snout Butterfly
 
 

American Snout Butterfly

Size: 2 items
Ocola Skipper
 
 

Ocola Skipper

The Ocola Skipper is on Zinnia

Ocola Skipper
 
 

Ocola Skipper

Sachem Skipper Butterfly
 
 

Sachem Skipper Butterfly

The Sachem Skipper is on a Mexican Sunflower

Sachem Skipper
 
 

Sachem Skipper

The Sachem Skipper is on Mistflower

Sachem Skipper
 
 

Sachem Skipper

The Sachem Skipper is on Salvia

Wild Indigo Duskywing
 
 

Wild Indigo Duskywing

Size: 2 items
Silver-spotted Skipper
 
 

Silver-spotted Skipper

The Silver-spotted Skipper is on Buddleia

Silver-spotted Skipper
 
 

Silver-spotted Skipper

The Silver-spotted Skipper is on Globe Amaranth

Silver-spotted Skipper
 
 

Silver-spotted Skipper

The Silver-spotted Skipper is on Joe-pye Weed

Silver-spotted Skipper
 
 

Silver-spotted Skipper

Zabulon Skipper
 
 

Zabulon Skipper

The Zabulon Skipper is on New York Ironweed

Zabulon Skipper
 
 

Zabulon Skipper

The Zabulon Skipper is on Hosta

Zabulon Skipper Butterfly
 
 

Zabulon Skipper Butterfly

Zabulon Skipper
 
 

Zabulon Skipper

The Zabulon Skipper is on Hosta

Least Skipper
 
 

Least Skipper

Peck's Skipper
 
 

Peck's Skipper

The Peck's Skipper is on Sedum

Peck's Skipper
 
 

Peck's Skipper

The Peck's Skipper is on Sedum

Peck's Skipper
 
 

Peck's Skipper

The Peck's Skipper is on Mistflower

Broad-winged Skipper
 
 

Broad-winged Skipper

The Broad-winged Skipper is on Brazilian Verbena

Fiery Skipper
 
 

Fiery Skipper

The Fiery Skipper is on Mistflower

Dun Skipper
 
 

Dun Skipper

Dun Skipper
 
 

Dun Skipper

Red-spotted Purple
 
 

Red-spotted Purple

The Red-spotted Purple is on Bur Oak

Spicebush Swallowtail
 
 

Spicebush Swallowtail

The Spicebush Swallowtail is on Lilium speciosum rubrum

Fiery Skipper
 
 

Fiery Skipper

The Fiery Skipper is on Buddleia

 
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