Butterflies, Moths and Assorted Insects...

AlanF

Desperately seeking birds
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Aug 16, 2012
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Been testing out the RF 100-400. Seems good for larger insects. Here is a female orange tip butterfly. R6, 400mm, 1/400, f/8, ISO 1600.View attachment 209043
The RF 100-400 is very good close up. It's pretty close to the RF 100-500mm. The insect season is starting for me and I got my first Holly Blue and a pair of copulating craneflies on a walk around the block this week.

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It's a Goldenrod Crab Spider. There's a free app "Seek" that identifies birds, plants, insects etc - well, for a lot of the time.
There's also a pretty good one called ObsIdentify; the native photo app on Apple devices will also have a go at identification, though with an occasional American bias - can be good for cultivated plants though, and finds similar images online for comparison.
 
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