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Vlinder op de muur, vloog weg net nadat de sluiter dicht was

The future depends

on what we do

in the present

~Mohatma Gandhi~

Near Ewelme, Oxfordshire

Papillon Idea leuconoe. Il fait partie de la mĂªme famille que les monarques : les nymphalidĂ©s.

 

Volière à papillons du domaine de Maizerets, visite en août 2013.

Lots of Red Admirals around this year.

Seen in the garden - viewed closeup the wings closely resemble leaves.

Here's a butterfly in Kenya. I have no idea what it was but it was willing to hold still for a photo.

 

I was having a little fun with my Nikon 60mm macro lens and a couple butterflies from my collection. The textures and details on these creatures is amazing. Each butterfly, when viewed closely, is essentially a pixelated mosaic piece of art.

Some of the butterflies got a bit frisky at times.

Painted lady butterfly series. Natural light.

Had a good session with this butterfly- it seemed to gradually get used to me

The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) is a large (12 cm wingspan) swallowtail butterfly. It is found in the Eastern United States, as far north as southern Vermont, and as far West as extreme Eastern Colorado. It flies from spring through fall, and most of the year in the southern portions of its range, where it may produce two or three broods a year. In the Appalachian region, it is replaced by the closely-related and only recently described larger-sized Papilio appalachiensis, and in the north, it is replaced by the closely-related Papilio canadensis. These three species can be very difficult to distinguish, and were formerly all considered to be a single species. Adult males are yellow, with four black "tiger stripes" on each fore wing. The trailing edges of the fore and hind wings are black which is broken with yellow spots. On the medial margin of the hind wing next to the abdomen there are small red and blue spots.

  

butterfly in my back yard

Red Admiral on Pink Flower

Holly blue butterfly. Full flash

Beautiful colors on this butterfly

A red admiral butterfly. Natural light.

Red admiral butterfly resting. Strong natural light

My bug class took a trip today to Magic Wings and this butterfly landed on me. With my macro on, I turned the camera around, swiveled out the LCD screen, and snapped this before it flew away.

 

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...e assim vamos atravessando esta fria brancura com alguns tons quentes do passado! Brito - GuimarĂ£es. VerĂ£o de 2008.

May 21st, Day 141 of 365

 

Such a hard day to pick a photo..... after several years of saying I was going to go, I made it to the Franklin Park Conservatory for their annual butterfly exhibit. And I took lots of photos. Pretty butterflies.... so many, all over, not wanting to stay still for me. So if you like butterfly and insect macros, I've posted several of the shots from the visit in my stream.

Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)

 

Subfamily: Longwings (Heliconiinae)

 

Identification: Upper side orange with brown at the wing bases; veins thick and dark. Underside hind wing brown with large silver spots.

 

Life history: Eggs are laid singly or in clusters on the host plant. Caterpillars eat slots into the leaves and sometimes feed together in groups. Adults sometimes roost in groups near the ground on short vegetation.

 

Flight: April-December in Texas, throughout the year in the tropics.

 

Wing span: 3 - 3 1/4 inches (7.6 - 8.3 cm).

 

Caterpillar hosts: Many species of passion-vines (Passifloraceae).

 

Adult food: Flower nectar.

 

Habitat: Edges and openings in evergreen mid-elevation tropical forest.

 

Range: Brazil north through Central America and Mexico. Strays to southern New Mexico and Texas.

The Small Tortoiseshell is one of our most-familiar butterflies, appearing in gardens throughout the British Isles. Unfortunately, this butterfly has suffered a worrying decline, especially in the south, over the last few years.

Poor monarch's wings are severly deformed, and can not fly. It was still alive for 2 days on the Iowa campus, and Desiree brought it home to share to me.

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