This has been an unbelievable month for butterflies in our yard.
![painted-lady-in-tree](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/painted-lady-in-tree.jpg?resize=576%2C385&ssl=1)
Of course many of them are like this panted lady, way up in a tree.
Can’t see it?
![painted-lady-zoomed](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/painted-lady-zoomed.jpg?resize=576%2C406&ssl=1)
The magic of Photoshop brings it closer.
Some of the butterflies are easier to observe.
![american-snout-wings-closed](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/american-snout-wings-closed.jpg?resize=576%2C385&ssl=1)
Take this American snout butterfly from a few weeks ago.
![american-snout-butterfly](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/american-snout-butterfly.jpg?resize=576%2C385&ssl=1)
I was able to find one sunning on a bush at ground level. Turns out that they are quite colorful with their wings open.
![butterfly-white](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/butterfly-white.jpg?resize=576%2C385&ssl=1)
This white butterfly might be a checkered white.
![dainty-sulphur](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dainty-sulphur.jpg?resize=576%2C385&ssl=1)
Dainty sulphurs are active in the Southwest throughout the winter months.
![dainty-sulphur-2](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dainty-sulphur-2.jpg?resize=576%2C385&ssl=1)
They are the smallest of the sulphur butterflies.
![queen-butterflies-3](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/queen-butterflies-3.jpg?resize=576%2C385&ssl=1)
The queen butterflies steal the show, however.
![queen-butterfly-and-caterpillar](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/queen-butterfly-and-caterpillar.jpg?resize=576%2C385&ssl=1)
These are homegrown, as you can see from the caterpillar.
![queen-butterflies-3-plus](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/queen-butterflies-3-plus.jpg?resize=576%2C385&ssl=1)
Yes, November is a great time to observe butterflies in the Sonoran Desert.