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Pastor jubilado de Lanteira que sigue cuidando su pequeña granja
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Retired shepherd from Lanteira who continues to care for his small farm
Elymnias caudata, the tailed palmfly, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in South India. Some authors consider this as a subspecies of Elymnias hypermnestra.
I was doing insect-flower macro-photography in the backyard and laid down to get close to the bees working the clover. As I was waiting for some bees to come closer I took some shots of the clover itself which is neat to see at this scale. This clover has some purple colors on it's flowers so I'm calling this purple clover.
Taken 7 August 2020 near Wasilla, Alaska.
"There is two type of angels. When they come to you without their wings, we call them friends."
Maitreya l Catwa l Blueberry l Epiphany Event
Luckily there is a small nature reserve near me with good numbers of the purple orchids at this time of year....and a few bee orchids which are nice to see. Sadly a declining presence in our countryside but still a sight to lift the spirits. I try to add one or two meaningful pictures to my files each year but its not easy to get something a bit different. This was taken at 400mm which helps with background separation - something I've not tried before and the 100-400mm lens is quite close focusing so useful for close-ups.