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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allnaydi

9:59AM | Sun, 12 October 2008

Beautiful captures, collage and background information. Excellent work Richard!

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jocko500

10:19AM | Sun, 12 October 2008

wow a lot of them there. ccool shots and well put together

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virginiese

1:52PM | Sun, 12 October 2008

very nice collection of butterflies !

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nazul

3:58PM | Sun, 12 October 2008

Excellent !!!

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junge1

8:48PM | Sun, 12 October 2008

Wow, a wonderful collage of these beautiful butterflies Richard. Fantastic rich colors and outstanding detail!

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monjo71

9:30PM | Sun, 12 October 2008

Wonderful Collage. Great shots!

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praep

1:44AM | Mon, 13 October 2008

Amazing composition. Great shots.

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birthunicorn

6:27AM | Mon, 13 October 2008

beautiful

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mermaid

1:46AM | Wed, 15 October 2008

a very special and wonderful collage

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CavalierLady

10:57AM | Sun, 26 October 2008

Wonderful collage, you really hit the jackpot that day.

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three_grrr

12:36AM | Sun, 02 November 2008

Oh Richard, these are gorgeous captures! I think I managed to get one butterfly shot, maybe two, that turned out half way decent! These are incredible!

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