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Day 14, we returned to the beautiful South Coast Botanic Garden
? Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly (Phoebis sennae) at South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes Hills, in Palos Verdes, California, USA
Cloudless Sulphur, (Phoebis sennae) on host plant Sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia), 9/22/2013, The Landing's Sparrow Field, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Chatham Co, Ga.
Aalkistensee, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"Eel cage lake" is named after some sort of fishy thing that the monks from the nearby monasteries used to have going on there.
It does look picturesque here, but the unpleasant fact is that a railway line runs directly past this nice lake. Noisy all the way.
The cool thing about these guys is they turn the color of the leaves they eat. If they eat old yellow leaves, they turn yellow.
Yesterday I saw at least 15 species of butterflies; today I saw at least six species I didn't see yesterday, including three sulphurs I rarely see: this cloudless sulphur and one or two others, a little yellow that didn't stick around long, and a dainty sulphur (which I haven't seen for several years) that refused to pause for a photo at all.
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) on Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) - Truitt's Landing, Worcester County, MD.
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae marcellina) - 10 November 2014 - Hotel Robledal, Alajuela, Costa Rica
A clear bule winter sky all day long and no clouds to add drama to the sky for the sunset. The sun provided it's own drama.
Cloudless Sulphurs are large fast flying butterflies with males being particularly dizzying flyers as they search for females. Wing span is 2 1/4 - 3 1/8 inches (5.7 - 8 cm). Males are yellow with no markings on the upper side of the wings and faint spots underneath. Females are yellow above with black marginal spots, while the spots underneath are more prominent and noticeable than on males.
Permanent resident from Argentina north to southern Texas and the Deep South. Regular visitor and occasional colonist in most of the Southwest and the northern United States from the Midwest into New England, and sometimes as far north as Ontario, Canada. But many years it can be rare or non-existent in its northern range.
Flight season is year around in the Deep South; may have one flight in late summer in other southern states; immigrants to northern states in August or September usually do not reproduce. As the weather cools in autumn, adults begin a return migration back to the Deep South to overwinter.
Adult butterflies nectar from many different flowers, but prefer those with long tubes such as cordia, bougainvilla, cardinal flower, trumpet vine, hibiscus, lantana, wild morning glory, and jewelweed as seen above.
ISO400, aperture f/11, exposure .002 seconds (1/500) focal length 300mm
Phoebis sennae eubule -- male
These large almost pure yellow butterflies commonly fly through my yard in a big hurry to get somewhere other than here. When they do land, like on this Maximilians Sunflower -- Helianthus maximilianii -- to grab a quick sip of nectar, it is only for a few seconds. In several years of trying this is the 1st one I've captured.
I just found this Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillar today (9/18/20) here in North Georgia-Atlanta Metro while out with my dog. It was on the road and seems a bit sluggish. I think it might be ready to pupate.
Color and contrast courtesy of Mother Nature, no PS needed here. Just one of those gorgeous fall evenings.
Cloudless Sulphur, Phoebis sennae on Senna obtusifolia, Sicklepod,9/19/2012,Sparrow Field, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Chatham Co, Ga
I believe this is the last instar stage before pupating, This is a beautiful caterpillar.
Another cloudless sulfur has made an appearance. They are classified as migrants in our area. They are easy to tell from the much more common clouded They are easy to tell from the much more common clouded sulphurs because they are quite a bit bigger. Up close you can see differences in the spot patterns.
Cloudless Sulphurs are large fast flying butterflies with males being particularly dizzying flyers as they search for females. Wing span is 2 1/4 - 3 1/8 inches (5.7 - 8 cm). Males are yellow with no markings on the upper side of the wings and faint spots underneath. Females are yellow above with black marginal spots, while the spots underneath are more prominent and noticeable than on males.
Permanent resident from Argentina north to southern Texas and the Deep South. Regular visitor and occasional colonist in most of the Southwest and the northern United States from the Midwest into New England, and sometimes as far north as Ontario, Canada. But many years it can be rare or non-existent in its northern range.
Flight season is year around in the Deep South; may have one flight in late summer in other southern states; immigrants to northern states in August or September usually do not reproduce. As the weather cools in autumn, adults begin a return migration back to the Deep South to overwinter.
Adult butterflies nectar from many different flowers, but prefer those with long tubes such as cordia, bougainvilla, cardinal flower, trumpet vine, hibiscus, lantana, wild morning glory, and jewelweed.
ISO400, aperture f/11, exposure .001 seconds (1/750) focal length 300mm