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Post by amboseli on Jul 13, 2014 14:50:35 GMT
Wow! Especially the ones of the 'high status' wasp.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 20, 2014 18:21:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2014 18:23:36 GMT
fantastic as usual
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 20, 2014 18:23:44 GMT
drone fly
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Post by htmb on Aug 8, 2014 21:27:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 10:48:17 GMT
Gorgeous, all of them! Is that a species of a Heliconia butterfly?
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Post by htmb on Aug 9, 2014 11:03:23 GMT
Sorry. I have no idea.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 11:31:38 GMT
We don't have them here but, I have seen them in Florida. There's a bunch of different kinds, The rounded wings are a strong indicator. I was once swarmed by them. They were landing all over me. Initially, it was pretty cool, but, soon became creepy, having all these legs crawling all over me. I suspect they were attracted by my perspiration, salty and luring them in droves.
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Post by htmb on Aug 9, 2014 15:53:30 GMT
See, you are already miles beyond me in the butterfly identification department! I took that photo near the creek where I did the black and whites of my granddaughters. A support group for survivors who have lost friends and loved ones to suicide have created a butterfly garden area and meditation labyrinth. There were lots of that type of butterfly, but they were very active and difficult to photograph.
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Post by htmb on Aug 16, 2014 15:13:50 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 11:40:15 GMT
pollinator taking a break
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Aug 25, 2014 19:57:53 GMT
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Post by htmb on Aug 27, 2014 21:17:39 GMT
Very beautiful photos, Cheery!
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Post by htmb on Oct 17, 2014 22:12:02 GMT
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Post by mossie on Oct 18, 2014 7:29:19 GMT
Super butterflies
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2014 16:32:58 GMT
When you look really closely at a butterfly, the pieces of the body are so incredibly different that they make no sense having evolved into one animal.
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Post by htmb on Oct 18, 2014 16:41:47 GMT
I think they are absolutely fascinating. I have lots of pictures taken yesterday and in many they are upside down from where I was standing above on the boardwalk.
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Post by htmb on Nov 11, 2014 18:57:16 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 17, 2014 5:19:52 GMT
What an absolutely perfect picture, Htmb!
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Post by htmb on Feb 27, 2015 21:30:56 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 1, 2015 21:39:17 GMT
lovely....I am so looking forward to seeing bees nd butterflies around the garden....
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Post by htmb on Mar 1, 2015 22:02:33 GMT
Thanks, Cheery. We've had such a cold winter, I was actually surprised to see a bee on those camellias this early in the season.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 2, 2015 20:35:24 GMT
Exquisite, absolutely exquisite photograph, Htmb!
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Post by htmb on Mar 2, 2015 21:41:51 GMT
Thank you, Bixa. Maybe I need to give up my camera and stick with my cell phone for taking pics.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2015 20:28:47 GMT
Close scrutiny of the photo really shows what a tireless task it is for bees to get even a gram of material out of a flower. And then we have the nerve to steal their honey.
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Post by htmb on Apr 4, 2015 17:18:59 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Apr 6, 2015 11:15:34 GMT
Seen on our Saturday drive into the countryside: Gaudy Commodore Precis octavia sesamus . Distribution Native to Africa. The southern subspecies (Precis octavia sesamus) is found from the border region of the Eastern and Western Cape in South Africa and along the eastern side of South Africa, to Swaziland, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya. It's difficult to believe this is the same species of butterfly when they look so different! Photo taken on the same day and same area on Saturday during our butterfly hunt. Precis octavia, dry season form, Aburi, Ghana - Gaudy Commodore There are 20 currently recognised Precis species of which 14 are found exclusively on the African mainland. A further 2 are endemic to Madagascar. The remaining 3 are found in south-east Asia. Precis octavia is seasonally dimorphic, i.e. it produces 2 different forms according to season. The dry season form is illustrated above. The wet season form had a dark brown ground colour, and is marked with narrow broken bands of blue and red. During the transitional period between the seasons both forms fly together, but intermediate forms are very rare. Just as we were leaving this black & white butterfly came to rest on a rock. Common Diadem Hypolimnas misippus (60-80 mm) Male and female with distinctly different coloration. Common in most parts of South Africa except for some areas in the Cape. One of the female forms appears very similar to the African Monarch. Larval stage feeds on creeping fox glove and other plants
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 20:50:25 GMT
I think you people have a special spray that paralyses butterflies. I can't for the life of me get them to pose, even for one second.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 8, 2015 9:52:28 GMT
You've given me an idea Kerouac....why didn't I think of that! Photographing butterflies must be one of the hardest of all insects to shoot. They can exhaust your patience and energy That is why it is so rewarding when the darn thing plays dead!
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Post by tod2 on Apr 8, 2015 12:30:37 GMT
I think the butterfly in Htmb's Reply#154 is a ZEBRA LONGWING Butterfly, and Reply 159 looks like a MONARCH Butterfly.
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