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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 (1/1000) focal length 300mm
The sulphur was enjoying the Purpletop Verain in the community gardens in Shelby Farms Park.
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An another cloudless night was perfect for accomplishing some astrophotos on which I tried to highlight the closer and brighter stars.
Nikon D5300 + Tamron SP AF 17-50mm XR
ISO-640; 13sec; F-stop f/4; EV:+0.3; 40mm (27mm)
Cloudless Sulfur butterfly enjoying a Wild Azalea. Sulfur butterflies are in the Pieridae family containing about 1100 species mostly in tropical Africa and Asia. The pigments that give the distinct (yellow, orange and white) colorization to these butterflies are derived from waste products in their bodies.
In a cloudless sky today, the mid-afternoon moon appeared very blue.
I was trying to capture birds in flight with the new lens but shot this handheld moon shot instead!
A scene from Tokyo Safari where a large female anaconda left a huge trail leading to a prize for her hungry hissing tongue. sssssss.....
In my yard,
Morro Bay, California
Apparently this species is expanding its range northward, at least in California. Until 5-6 years ago this butterfly species was uncommon in my neighborhood. Gradually we began to see it more often, nearly always on the move and rarely alighting. We have seen one daily in the past few weeks and occasionally two at once.
A cloudless evening, but haze caught the glow beautifully as sunset approached.
Starting from the foreground, the first two ridges are local; unnamed undulations between here and the near shore of Windermere. The third ridge, just visible at the left, is the far bank of the lake, 12½ km away south of Belle Grange.
Beyond the next hill (Park Fell, 18.3 km away, immediately south of Skelwith Bridge), Brown How (469 m) is the distinct summit on Lingmell Fell, 22½ km away, curving round to Oak Howe.
Behind that is Loft Crag (682 m, 26 km away) in the Langdale Pikes, or perhaps Pike Of Stickle (709 m); I'm not certain whether that taller peak is hidden by the former from this angle. The blockier summit to the right is Harrison Stickle (736 m), then Pavey Ark is just off the right edge of the image.
The skyline to the immediate left of Loft Crag is the col between Allen Crags (785 m, 30 km away) and Glaramara (not visible, behind the Langdales). Rossett Crag is barely distinguishable in front of it, but Green Gable (801 m) is behind, with Great Gable (899 m, 33.3 km away) just visible at the far left.
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A larger butterfly this time, similar in size to a Brimstone and almost identical colour. Flew at speed and rarely stopped with all the sun around fueling its flight.
A cloudless sky, a sparkling Sunset and an ancient Minneapolis threshing machine in a barbed wire fenced field near Newry, Wisconsin. – May 4th, 2016 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
Ho Chi Minh City.
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She walks in beauty like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies...
She walks in beauty...
In the ensuing day or so the caterpillar transformed into a chrysalis hanging by those threads.
The butterfly species, Cloudless Sulphur, Phoebis sennae, has been expanding its range in California in recent years. We had not seen one over our property until about 2015, then a few more sightings as the years progressed. Our neighbor, Rich, down the street, has a mature Senna didymobotrya, African or Popcorn Senna bush, on which Cloudless Sulphurs lay eggs and he has had caterpillars in the previous two years. So we planted a Senna and in Oct., 2020 we began to see an adult flying daily through our yard, often over the 1.5 ft. Senna plant. We found the first caterpillar on Dec. 30, then two more over the next week. As the caterpillars matured, I cut the stem they were on and brought them indoors to watch them progress. Each formed a chrysalis and two of the three eclosed perfectly and eventually flew as adult butterflies.
Morro Bay, California
More from my river wildflower series .... this Cloudless sulphur shot the last day of October. Little Yellow's were more common at this site than the big sulphurs. Got down to 31o here this morning but will warm up into the 60's.
Sunday prayers:
"Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in You.
Show me the way I should go,
for to You I entrust my life."
(Psalm 143)
New horizon (Kolibri 2.0) and Cloudless-rebuild by Sylon,
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After the last few weeks of cloudless skies, i longed for a sunset, at Lazonby in Cumbria i was going to get lucky....Hallelujah!!!
28th May 2012
9.15pm
Canon 5D MKII
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM
F16
70mm
ISO50
Exposed 1/20 Second
Processed in CS5.1 & Lightroom 4
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Even late in the season, butterflies still retain their territoriality. This one was caught trying to chase off a rival.
This morning's cloudless sunrise at Littlehampton. We got the tides wrong as it was actually coming in and not going out so no beach light reflections but it was still worth the trip.
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A friend says, "Every Cardinal Flower should have a Cloudless." And nearly all do, it seems.
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