Clouded sulphur -maybe by Richardphotos

Photography • Macro • posted on Sep 27, 2007

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Description

I have tried many times to get a good foto of these elusive butterflies.they never stay in one spot very long.I waited for this one to return while I was hidden behind a gate and luckily it landed very close Clouded Sulphur Attributes of Colias philodice Family: Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae) Subfamily: Sulphurs (Coliadinae) Identification: Upper surface of male wings bright, clear yellow with solid black edging; lower side of forewing with some dark submarginal spots; hindwing with silver cell spot rimmed with orange-pink, usually doubled. Female has 2 forms: yellow form with uneven black edging enclosing yellow spots, and a white form which is greenish-white rather than yellow. Spring and fall forms are smaller and less conspicuously marked. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1418 thanks for viewing and any comments

Comments (98)

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markon

5:48AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

Excellent image and great description. Your patience has paid off.

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Thelby

6:06AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

Very Pretty Flier, and Great Capture for Sure!!!

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saretta

6:17AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

The hot pink flower and the yellow butterfly,what amazing colors!!!This is a stunning beauty Richard!!:-)

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huismus

6:39AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

Again a great photo of a lovely creature and a beautiful flower. Exelent.

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justnew

7:10AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

Your wait paid off Richard because this is a highly impressive capture.

aljaysart

7:35AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

Another fantastic capture well done.

Denys234

8:14AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

Excellent capture!!

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mojo1917

8:32AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

next year i hope to be able to shoot a lot of butterflies, since we planted a butterfly bush in the garden. nice shot, your patience yielded a nice result.

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RodolfoCiminelli

8:35AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

Fantastic macro of great detail and definition my friend....!!! Beautiful colors....!!!

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antontiefenthaler

9:00AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

Hi Nice flower and animal. Great job. Anton

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Fred255

9:05AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

Very good!

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MagikUnicorn

9:25AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

Superb one beautiful butterfly

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angelbearzs

9:31AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

that is very pretty butteerfly!!!:)

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erlandpil

9:37AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

Another good picture from you erland

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ToniDunlap

9:39AM | Thu, 27 September 2007

Richard I just knew that you sometimes had to hide out to get some of those wonderful shots. So glad to read that is so. You got another great one here. A treasure.

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