Butterflies, Moths and Assorted Insects...

[EricN]

I was not angry! And my "bla, bla (rant!)" was not addressed to you!!! I just tried to keep the facts together (according to my logic and understanding!)!

I understand.
What did the Mantis feel though? Let's ask!
"I'm repulsed at the idea that JUST BECCAUSE others identify me as a female mantis, they make accusations that I will eat my male partners head!"
Sometime later:
"Thanks, stud!" Chomp crunch crunch crunch burp!

 

[ISv]

And one from today - just another walk. Gloomy weather and very strong winds! This time with 500PF.

 

[Maximilian]

Weather is bad. I've got a bad cold. No fun going out, taking photos.
So I processed some from last summer.
That summer was one with only a few of the big "common" butterflies. I can't remember seeing just one peacock at our meadows.
Here's a red admiral. It's drinking dew in the morning.
I always forget those little blue spots at the end of the wings...
And if I got it right, the little white spot in the red band of the forewing shows that this is a female.

 

[OskarB]

Weather is bad. I've got a bad cold. No fun going out, taking photos.
So I processed some from last summer.
That summer was one with only a few of the big "common" butterflies. I can't remember seeing just one peacock at our meadows.
Here's a red admiral. It's drinking dew in the morning.
I always forget those little blue spots at the end of the wings...
And if I got it right, the little white spot in the red band of the forewing shows that this is a female.

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Gute Besserung!

 

[Maximilian]

Gute Besserung!

Vielen Dank!

 

[Nemorino]

From last October
R5 + 100L @ f/5.6

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot! Well done, Nemorino.

 

[Del Paso]

Polygonia c. album (was a bit far away) 5 D IV + 100-400 L II
Its French vernacular name is "Robert le diable" (Robert the devil)

 

[EricN]

Polygonia c. album (was a bit far away) 5 D IV + 100-400 L II
Its French vernacular name is "Robert le diable" (Robert the devil)
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Great photo and an amazing creature I've never seen.
And now, CONSPIRCY TIME!
Robert -> Roby -> 35 f/1.2 will be one devil of a good lens!
Didn't your end trails prove this?

 

[Del Paso]

Great photo and an amazing creature I've never seen.
And now, CONSPIRCY TIME!
Robert -> Roby -> 35 f/1.2 will be one devil of a good lens!
Didn't your end trails prove this?

No idea, you should ask Lauren B.....t , she knows everything about the devil and his creatures.

 

[EricN]

No idea, you should ask Lauren B.....t , she knows everything about the devil and his creatures.

 

[Click]

I really like your shot, Del Paso. Well done!

 

[ISv]

I don't think I have posted these - from December 31 last year (hike for goodby 2023!). The bee is not on the level of my daughters macros but it's what you can do from ~4 meters.

 

[MSH411]

Piller on some Florida Burl



Buckeye

 

[Nemorino]

Its French vernacular name is "Robert le diable" (Robert the devil

Also the name of a Grand opéra by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Robert le diable

Two more Red admirals from last october. I posted some similar earlier.
R5 + RF 100L
first f/7.1, second f/5.6

 

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Lovely colours. Nicely done, Nemorino.

 

[ISv]

No interesting birds yesterday. Just few cosmopolitan butterflies and just flies...

 

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Very nice series, ISv.

 

[ISv]

Today I was out in hunt for Black-belied Plover. Didn't happen!
Just took some shots of Butterflies and a Dragon (in my frustration I was going to dump all here but changed my mind in the last moment: not to hurt the feelings of the dragonfly guys ).
Happy to find the American Painted Lady on other location (second one for Oahu - at least according of what I have seen). Excluding the "inclusiveness" here is the most good-looking specimen (out of 4-5), all others were very weathered... End of the season?

1. Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)
2. American Painted Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) x 2.
Very similar from first glance to the cosmopolitan Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) but the underwings are solving the problem immediately!
3. Western Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exilis)

 

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Lovely series, ISv.