Butterflies, Moths and Assorted Insects...

[Click]

Very nice shots, Nemorino. Close to the ground, perfect POV. Well done.

 

[Nemorino]

pale clouded yellow
R5m2 + RF200-800 + 1.4TC
@ 1/4000s, f/11, iso 1250, 840mm
QHD crops

 

[ISv]

pale clouded yellow
R5m2 + RF200-800 + 1.4TC
@ 1/4000s, f/11, iso 1250, 840mm
QHD crops
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It looks like the female is chasing the male...

 

[ISv]

Today. For the second one I would like to use @Maximilian's "sometimes you have to close your eyes to see properly" - no punt here(!) and you see why!

 

[Click]

I really like the first one. Lovely shot.

 

[ISv]

I really like the first one. Lovely shot.

Close your eyes and you will like the second one too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Maximilian]

Close your eyes and you will like the second one too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like both, the second one, too - somehow.
Look at the proboscis, a really nice arch

 

[ISv]

I hope we will have a +/- regular rainy season here and January - February and I may be able to post more species (and better photos if I attache the zoom!) of butterflies but for now they are just few.

 

[ISv]

I almost succeeded with the first one, the second is at least in the frame !

 

[Click]

Lovely! Nicely done, ISv.

 

[ISv]

Today's catch!

 

[AlanF]

Somehow or other I have missed this thread. Wonderful shots guys that make me look forward to the spring and summer!

 

[Click]

Nice addition, ISv. I really like the shadow of the insect on the leaf in the third photo.

 

[ISv]

Fun on the lanai: Last week my wife complained that a caterpillar is eating her lemon again. Today I found two pupae of Papilio xuthus!
Edit: This should be our official Christmas tree !

 

[ISv]

Somehow this Carpenter bee looks to me as a Darth Vader with wings...

 

[Click]

I like the pose of the first one with the Carpenter bee facing us. The takeoff on the second one is superb.

 

[becceric]

Somehow this Carpenter bee looks to me as a Darth Vader with wings...View attachment 227289View attachment 227290

Reading your description and looking at the first photo, I saw Darth Vader with very large ears.

 

[ISv]

Reading your description and looking at the first photo, I saw Darth Vader with very large ears.

I wish I had time to decrease the speed, then, maybe the wings would appear as they should: he was actually taking off on the first frame!

 

[EricN]

I like both, the second one, too - somehow.
Look at the proboscis, a really nice arch

For me, it is good to see a photo like the second because it's the reality that often a butterfly is partially obscured by the surrounding plant life.
What I want to say is there is an emotional value which I think we've all experienced. It might be the feeling of anticipating to see it fly to the next flower.

 

[EricN]

Somehow this Carpenter bee looks to me as a Darth Vader with wings...View attachment 227289View attachment 227290

JOIN ME; TOGETHER WE CAN POLLINATE THE GARDEN!!

NOOOO YOU'RE NOT MY BEE!!