Butterflies, Moths and Assorted Insects...

[ISv]

I got two from this weekend: Eurema (Abaeis) nicippe - Sleepy Orange and the most important: Vanessa virginiensis - The American Painted Lady. The last one is "most important" because I see it for first time on the Island (probably because I walked new trail with some different plants).

 

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Lovely shots, ISv.

 

[ISv]

The long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) and again the The American Painted Lady . From yesterday.

 

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I really like your pictures. Well done, ISv.

 

[AlanF]

A Brimstone and male and female Holly Blues.

 

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Very nice series, Alan.

 

[Ozarker]

Wheel Bug
Canon R, Tamron SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VC

 

[AlanF]

Wheel Bug
Canon R, Tamron SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VCView attachment 190828

Never seen one of those before. You are putting your new lens to good use!

 

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Beautiful shot. Well done, CFB.

 

[AlanF]

An Orange-Tipped, Comma, and Peacock.View attachment 189871View attachment 189872View attachment 189873and

I photoed this morning a caterpillar, which looked like a plain black crawly thing on the ground. However, when viewed large it is seen to have spots and spines, and I discovered this afternoon it is a Peacock Butterfly caterpillar.

 

[Maximilian]

... I discovered this afternoon it is a Peacock Butterfly caterpillar.

Alan, I never came across one of these caterpillars, only the imago. But good to know that kind.

I'll throw in a garden tiger moth (Arctia caja), which funnily in German is a "brown bear" and not a tiger:

 

[AlanF]

Isn't Nature wonderful! And, photography teaches us so much we wouldn't see otherwise.

 

[ISv]

Isn't Nature wonderful! And, photography teaches us so much we wouldn't see otherwise.

Absolutely Alan!

 

[AlanF]

Here is from this morning a Large Skipper Butterfly and two hoverflies on a blackberry flower.

 

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WOW! Well done, Alan.

 

[ISv]

Some from the last two days - that fly is ~10mm long, probably less. I like it and will try to get better photo. On other hand 10mm from not less than 2.2 meters... painful!

 

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Nice series, ISv.

 

[AlanF]

Various shots of a Marbled White to show its upper and lower wings.

 

[AlanF]

And the same for a male Essex Skipper.

 

[AlanF]

And look at at their relative sizes: