todays bounty by Richardphotos

Photography • Macro • posted on Oct 11, 2008

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Description

Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Danaidae), adult Description: Adult butterflies are orange with black wing veins and bodies. Caterpillars are 2-3/4 inches long fully grown, with a pair of black antennae-like appendages (filaments) at either end of the body (2nd thoracic segment, 8th abdominal segment). The body is ringed with black, yellow and white stripes. The chrysalis is smooth and light green or blue with gold markings A skipper, (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Description: Young caterpillars are greenish-white with an oversized black head. Mature larvae are smooth, olive green, tapered toward the back end and have a black head. The body is constricted just behind the head, making larvae appear as if they had a neck. Two or three chalky white spots occur on the underside between the back legs. The male butterfly is orange-brown with a single large black spot on each forewing whereas the female is dark brown with a few silver and orange spots on the forewings. The wingspan is about 1 inch. Cotton square borer or gray hairstreak, Strymon melinus HÃ�ï¿½Ã�Â¼bner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Blues are small butterflies, usually with upper wing surfaces colored blue to gray-brown and undersides marked with dark spots. One of the smallest butterflies is the pygmy blue, Brevidium exilis (Boisduval), with a wingspan of 1/2 to 3/4 inch. Caterpillars feed on white pigweed, Chenopodium album, and some other plants credit for imformation http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/ I went to my favorite park and in a new garden was loaded with butterflies and bees. I had a hard time even seeing the little blue as it was drinking from dew on grass.I almost got 3 Monarchs at the same time, but one flew thanks for viewing and any comments

Comments (104)

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pops

2:55PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

Wonderful photos

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emmecielle

4:43PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

Excellent collage! :)

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prionbrain

4:50PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

Magnificent collage and pictures!!!

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icerian

5:35PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

Nicely done collage!

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bpclarke

5:38PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

Gorgeous captures and fantastic collage Richard! Such beautiful creatures. Bunny

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Syltermermaid

6:03PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

Fantastic captured and this photos are just wonderful!!! Marvelous!! Hugs Ute

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ShadowsNTime

6:03PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

Oh I am so jealous!!! Lol! Great captures Richard and I am glad you got to see a bunch!

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LudyMelltSekher

6:04PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

Hello my dear friend, This is truly beautiful, Absolutely fantastic!.Wonderful and excellent photography as usual, Congratulations! All you artwork is Very Beautiful!! It is a real pleasure to visit your gallery. A million stars****Thank you so much for your comments.Happy weekend. Hug and giant kiss in Your heart.Luminous blesing. Ludy

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hipps13

6:34PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

beautiful colors and capture, Richard thanks for the smile warm hug, Linda

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ToniDunlap

6:41PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

Bounty Indeed! Spectacular captures!

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skyla824

7:26PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

awesome work.... I love it way to go....

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scifibabe

7:40PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

Bounty is right! What a beautiful collection of fine butterfly specimins. Gorgeous colors and lovely yellow flowers. What a great set of photos for our viewing pleasure! :)

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npauling

7:55PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

You look to have had great fun here and you have presented them beautifully.

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doarte

8:05PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

Elegance prevails +5

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kansas

9:10PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

A wonderful collage. Such beautiful butterfly shots.

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mapps

9:24PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

beautiful :-)

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LENK911

9:27PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

SO BEAUTIFUL. I NEVER SAW THE GREY ONE BEFORE. IT IS GEORGEOUS. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE MIGRATION OF THE MONARCH'S? IT SO AMAZING. LOVE YOUR WORK.

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Leeco

10:56PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

Nice captures. All are well taken and presented. Thanks for sharing. Lee

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micturn

11:04PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

These are really good, love the colours and clarity.

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mickeyrony

11:27PM | Sat, 11 October 2008

If small and so imposing this butterfly. Large Monarch. Cheer still Richard the passion which animate you makes us benefit from your labours ((5++)) Si petit et si grandiose ce papillon .Le Grand Monarch . Bravo encore Richard La passion qui t'anime nous fait profiter de tes labeurs ((5++))

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