More butterfly species

pathfinder

I am now beginning to see substantially more butterflies in the garden - lots of Painted Ladies ( Calm down 'gus, Not that kind of lady ), Monarchs, and Swallowtails, but also a few I have not previously posted - so here goes. All were shot with a 20D, a Sigma 150 macro, and a 580ex + LS II for lighting.


A Common Sulphur - seems a strange name for this small colorful butterfly



A Northern Hairstreak, I believe - a small butterfly - maybe a half inch long



The sedum is beginning to blossum and the bees and bugs are diving in - this is some type of beetle I think


And a Monarch butterfly to be



Rants, raves and/or comments are welcomed.

Lord Vetinari

Wonderful shots Particularly like #3 (possibly a moth?) and the caterpillar.

Brian V.

BigAl

Nice shots That caterpillar is neat - reversible. First time I've ever seen a caterpillar with antennae.

alan

gluwater

I like the common sulphur, I can never get close to them, they seem shy. Maybe the name refers to their eyes, they look like they are made of sulphur.

Nick

gubbs

The colours on No. 1 are gorgeous...Lovely shots PF!!

pathfinder

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Wonderful shots Particularly like #3 (possibly a moth?) and the caterpillar.

Brian V.

Thanks for stopping by LV. Nightingale suggested it is a Lightning bug, but I don't think so. I was inclined to some kind of beetle, had not thought of a moth really. Maybe some one here can fill us in as to species. Just kind of a nice constrast to the light green of the sedum.

pathfinder

BigAl wrote:

Nice shots That caterpillar is neat - reversible. First time I've ever seen a caterpillar with antennae.

alan

Nightingate gets the credit for noticing the Monarch caterpillar. I have trouble identifyng some critters, but this caterpillar is very distincitve and unique.

And like you said, reversible. I had to wait for it to move before I was sure which end was which.:):

pathfinder

gluwater wrote:

I like the common sulphur, I can never get close to them, they seem shy. Maybe the name refers to their eyes, they look like they are made of sulphur.

Nick

I agree with you, gluwater some butterflies are very reluctant to let you get close enugh to capture them on silicon. Flighty, they ARE!

I was not completely happy with the green flower on the left, but I only got about 3 frames before this butterfly lofted and was gone. I like the colors so well that I could not resist posting this shot. And the species was new to my eye (not that I know much about butterflies other than the few I see in my own backyard)

Thanks for commenting Nick. Your comment about their eyes looking like sulphur seems correctamundo.

pathfinder

gubbs wrote:

The colours on No. 1 are gorgeous...Lovely shots PF!!

Thanks for stopping by Gubbs. I just had to get the shot of #1, as I thought the colors were great also when I saw it. Thanks for commenting.

ginger_55

I love your shots, Pathfinder. After I had turned the PC off last night I realized that I had not responded to your beautiful captures directly.

I had not seen the antennae on the caterpillar until just now when they were pointed out.

Beautiful,

ginger