Those Good Gulf Pictures!
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My neighbor, without realizing, has the most wonderful array of flowers that attract butterflies. exico, Central America, West Indies, and parts of South America). Today this lovely Gulf Fritillary was feasting there. The underside of the wings are brownish/orange with elongated silvery white spots. Adults are migrating southward to frost-free portions of their range (Southern U.S. south through MI’ll post a pic of the upper wings later.
The underside of the wings are brownish/orange with elongated silvery white spots. Adults are migrating southward to frost-free portions of their range (Southern U.S. south through Mexico, Central America, West Indies, and parts of South America).
Taken in Cancun on the Gulf many many moons ago, we had just spend a week travelling around the Yucatan peninsula.
Cancún is a city in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It is a significant tourist destination in Mexico and the seat of the municipality of Benito Juárez. The city is on the Caribbean Sea and is one of Mexico's easternmost points.
Information by Wikipedia.
Texture's and effect's by William Walton & Topaz.
The Gulf fritillary is commonly seen in parks and gardens, as well as in open country. Its range extends from Argentina north through Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean to the southern United States, as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area on the west coast.
Source: Wikipedia
These beauties never cease to dazzle as they flit about the yard. It looks like my day will be filled with gorgeous colors and patterns.
Actually, my days are always filled with gorgeous colors and patterns. It's just that August and September seem to be prime time for my little flying jewels.
Have a beautiful day and happy snapping.
The beauty of the Gulf of Mexico that surrounds Gasparilla Island. The remains of the Boca Grande Fishing Pier in the background.
Castellammare del Golfo and the Golfo di Castellammare on the Tyrrhenian Sea, Trapani provence in Sicily.
This shot is taken from the Church of San Pietro in Porto Venere. The gulf is so named because it inspired the likes of Byron, Shelley, Dante, and Petrarch.
It inspired me too, but I decided not to swim across the bay like Byron did in 1822 for a rendezvous with Shelley.
Note: The bay is actually behind me. This photo is looking out into the Mediterranean toward's Byron's Grotto.
Happy shooting!
The Gulf fritillary is a brightly colored butterfly common throughout the southern United States southward through Mexico, Central America and the West Indies to South America
Gulf of Genoa. Ligurian Apennines and Ligurian Alps
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