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The last scene from Tokyo Safari, where a lone gator slowly swims by as the sunsets, calming the delta.

AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR

Seen in Renee's garden. 9/25/10.

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I've posted several of our colorful sunrises in the past with cool looking clouds. This is a panorama showing the colors we see occasionally, without clouds. The skyline silhouette are the peaks in the high Wind River Wilderness. This panorama was stitched from 9 overlapping photos.

You can view a portion of this panorama in the daylight taken last January, here:

Wind River Panorama

As with any panorama, it's best viewed large. Click 'All Sizes' above the photo then click 'Original'. Be sure to scroll to the right to see it all.

Leamings Run Gardens in Cape May 8-31-08

can't be sure since this one is so tiny, but I suspect it is a young Cloudless sulphur. I saw older ones at the same time nearby.

Cloudless aerial sunrise calm seas at Macmasters Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.

San Marcos, Hays County, Texas

5 photo hdr. Was an overkill though. Sunrises are quite unexciting without some clouds I find. The framing of the rock vs the ocean I found quite a nice find though.

Smithfield, Dublin

with the sunset booze cruises patiently waiting.

Phoebis sennae--the orchids were pretty popular with various butterflies.

Female on bottom

Oddly marked male on top

This fellow sat still for me for a long time. There must be some good pollen in there.

Photographed in the ENMAX Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo on September 11th.

I have posted images of these before. The cool thing about the stage of this species is the caterpillar will turn the color of whatever it is eating. If it eats the leaves it will be green, but if it eats the flowers it will be yellow.

Cape May Point State Park

Cape May

New Jersey

11/6/16

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) on host plant, Fabaceae- Sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia), 10/27/2023, The Landings Sparrow Field “Pollinator Garden Berm”, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Ga.

Most sulfurs prefer Senna to lay their eggs on.

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Cloudless Sulphur almost looks like part of the flower.

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Phoebis sennae

A good number of these in the area the last few days. Catching one at rest takes patience (and luck).

Cloudless Night.

GR.

Caribbean at Keppel Bay Singapore

Elkhorn Garden Plots

2015-10-09 -- Masonville Cove, Baltimore City, Maryland

This female Cloudless Sulphur butterfly, Phoebis sennae, is adopting a posture to repel the advances of a male. Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area, New Jersey, September 27, 2017.

This Cloudless Sulfur butterfly seemed to love the "Big Momma Turk's Cap".

Cloudless Sulphur in the Garden.

I don't see this species every year, generally see it only in flight when I do see it, and am not sure I've ever seen both male and female on the same day. I had a brief glimpse of one in flight earlier this season, but this is my first official sighting of the year. I saw at least three species of sulphurs and yellows (little yellow, this one, and orange and/or clouded sulphur).

A Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) butterfly. Photo taken at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs, GA.

A rare occasion where one allowed close approach.

Lake Alto, Alachua Co., FL

This Cloudless Sulphur butterfly seems to float in defiance of gravity..

I will be part of the upcoming PBS November 14th episode of "Central Texas Gardener" in the United States.

"See how to turn your garden into a certified wildlife habitat. On tour, find out how a backyard photographer won The Nature Conservancy's photo contest".

After the show airs, it will be made available on YouTube as well..

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Cloudless sulfur butterfly on cassia flower in the butterfly garden.

I have posted images of these before. The cool thing about the stage of this species is the caterpillar will turn the color of whatever it is eating. If it eats the leaves it will be green, but if it eats the flowers it will be yellow.

It almost appears to be playing "peek-a-boo"