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Click for fullsize picture. The coneflowers, as always, were very popular. Hummingbird Moth - 8/17/12 - New Palestine, IN Hummingbird Moth - 8/17/12 - New Palestine, IN Butterfly on Goldenrod in grassy area between fields. I captured this guy (or gal) with my camera while I was out looking for praying mantises. Adult male Luna moth perched on my fingertips eclosed from pupae I'd mail ordered. It's amazing how much detail and different they look when captured with a macro lens! I had never seen a hummingbird moth before, so I had to grab the camera when I saw this. It stayed out there for several minutes posing for me, it wasn't bothered by me at all. A Painted Lady Butterfly on my butterfly bush. Humming Bird moth ( that's what we call them) on milk weed by our pond. Monarch Butterfly on milk weed by our pond. A Monarch on a summer afternoon at Catigny Gardens A Monarch Butterfly visiting a Mexican Sunflower. Black Swallowtail on Java Glorybower. Gulf Frit on Tithonia. White Admiral butterfly on a purple cone flower Swallowtail Butterfly MONARCH ON RAINBOW BUTTERFLY BUSH This Monarch butterfly just emerged from its chrysalis. Monarch butterfly raised from an egg and just released into my garden. Painted lady was nectaring lantana on a hot day in the front flower bed. On a hot August day,Variegated fritillary nectaring Zinnias at the entrance to Har-Ber village, Grove, Oklahoma. Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) Butterfly Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) caterpillar on Senna alata Comma Eastern swallowtail on my echs! 'Red Spotted Purple' resting on our 'Blue Girl' rose in the August heat. 'Red Spotted Purple' resting on our 'Blue Girl' rose bush. A Monarch Butterfly from the gardens of a plantation house I visited in Tennessee. Female Tiger Swallowtail (females are dimorphic, and can be black or yellow) American Snout I thought this moth was absolutely beautiful. Monarch caterpillar on Swamp Milkweed in central NJ. Unidentified butterfly in central NJ. A beautiful Cairns Birdwing A friendly, perfect little Red Lacewing Female Monarch Butterfly, just after emerging from chrysalis, drying her wings for maiden flight. Swallowtail caterpillar at alert Tiger Swallowtail butterfly on a Butterfly bush. A White-lined Sphinx AKA Hummingbird Moth - (Hyles lineata) and an American Basket Flower from South Texas I believe this is a Painted Lady sitting on this red zinnia in my garden. Eastern Swallowtail having Lunch! Butterfly and Buddleia, DCR Breakheart Reservation Butterfly Garden, Saugus, MA August, 2012 Butterfly and Buddleia, DCR Breakheart Reservation Butterfly Garden, Saugus, MA August, 2012 I have the Dutchman's Pipe, Aristolochia macrophylla growing in my garden. It can be an aggressive plant, but it is host plant to this beautiful Pipevine Swallowtail. Butterflies, The other flowers of the garden. Night-flying moth investigating a Ajuga flower for nectar. Migrating monarchs resting at twilight Butterfly feeding on top of Purple Coneflower in a summers moning in my garden.Taken with Canon ET-73 Macro 100mm Lens. Tersa Sphinx Caterpillar taken 7/3/2012 (Canon Power Shot A560) Sunflower Anticipation taken 6/27/2012 (Canon PowerShot A560) I watched this perfect Red-Spotted Purple flit from flower to flower on my big Menarda this summer. The drought was tough on floral and fauna alike. This photo of a Swallowtail flittering over a flat of Zinnias was taken in Ennis Texas, on 14 September 2012. Butterfly on Sedum Butterfly Butterfly1 In mid summer our baptisia was devastated by nondescript caterpillars. A Dave's Garden friend told me the benefit would be swallowtail butterflies later in the season. They arrived right on cue, and loved the false dragon head flowers. This was the Year of the Butterfly at our house. These charming little yellow butterflies loved the false dragon head flowers in our back yard. Red Spotted Purple on butterfly bush Long Tailed Skipper Black Swallowtail larva on Ruta graveolens Butterfly on Sedum Butterfly on Joe-Pye Weed. Peacock butterfly Common Buckeye The monarchs loved my Royal Purple Zinnias! Here's one feeding during a lazy July afternoon. Zinnias are our favorite flower, and we'll be growing many more next year. I saw true sharing while in my back yard. The zinnia and butterfly are beautiful together. Swallowtail dining on Old fashion flox. Butterfly getting some nectar. Butterfly on Zenia. Butterfly sitting on my grand daughters finger, this butterfly hung around all summer, when she was outside near the hanging flowers it would land on her if she held her hand out. A butterfly on a butterfly bush.....Proof they work ! Nothin' nicer than a monarch in your garden ! Imperial Moth Caterpillar found hanging from a Pine tree needle last Fall Trying to blend in with the Black-Eyed Susans. Fancy Frills tulip + wasp grasshopper Red admiral and small tortoiseshell Orange On Orange, Gulf on Zinnia, Zoom lens, no flash. Water Colors In My Garden, the last of the cosmos are still attracting some of the big butterflies. Macro 150mm lens, no flash, late afternoon. Waited patiently for this beautiful butterfly to land on the purple fan flower! Caught this hummingbird moth at sunset feeding on the spider flowers! Tiger Swallowtail butterfly sips nectar from a wild Florida Paintbrush flower. A moth and a spider frolic at the cone of this purple cone flower. Visitor on Crotolaria juncea L. Caterpillar loves my parsley. Hairstreak on New England Aster Oh grandmother, what a long proboscis you have! Hairstreak on Golden Dew Drop African moon moth (Argema mimosae) Zebra Heliconian - Heliconius charitonius Taking a rest. A heavy load. Butterfly on Butterfly Bush Swallowtail The very hungry caterpillar Nature's eye candy...gorgeous butterfly and beautiful cosmos blossom! Seeing double - Paper Kites resting in a Ficus tree at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens A Tiger Swallowtail enjoys a late afternoon snack at a Butterfly Bush This weird insect invaded my garden Lovely Swallowtail on our Lantana. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Lantana Skipper butterfly on wild Verbena A very late (10.25.2012) visitor to my NC garden. Tiger Swallowtail on Vernonia Zebra Mosaic Butterfly (Colobura dirce) Crossline Skipper (Polites origenes) painted lady on zinnia caterpillar of hickory tussock moth Monarch's first day View as portrait (not landscape) closeup of polyphemus moth (note the feather-like antennae) tiger swallowtail butterfly Butterfly on neon sedum The caterpillar of the Brown Hooded Owlet Moth quickly devouring it's host plant, an Aster. Monarch caterpillar on Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa). The majestic Monarch butterfly taking respite during its spring migration. I found this Cecropia moth out in the grass in our yard one day and captured this angle of its amazing beauty I found this Cecropia moth out in the grass in our yard one day butterfly on PeeGee hydrangea A butterfly enjoying my butterfly bush. A Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on a Plumbago Swallowtail on Aubrieta. Swallowtail on Aubrieta. I found a hurt polka-dot wasp moth and since it couldn't survive on its own, I decided to help it and I take her out everyday to visit the flowers. She can hover and her wing is crinkled. Ashton age 9. I like to call myself a junior entomologist or my teacher calls me a naturalist. The eye of a butterfly. A California native West Coast Lady or Painted Lady Butterfly There is nothing quite so pretty as a swallowtail on a cone flower. Even a rather tattered cone flower. Hickory Horndevil on a Lilac. Canon 18-55mm lens. Common Checkered Skipper. Canon 75-300mm lens. shot at 1/500 F 10. Red Admiral butterfly on Echinacea Question Mark butterfly Moth on Camelia Closeup Butterfly on Marigold A lovely butterfly we encountered in St Thomas Butterfly American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) Monarch butterfly caterpillar (Danaus plexippus) Clusters of Monarch Butterflies at Pismo Beach Monarch Butterflies at Pismo Beach Painted Lady on coneflower Fritallary on gladiolus Question Mark Butterfly at Bear Creek Park. Red Admiral at Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary, High Island, Texas Tomato plant stripped overnight by this handsome guy. Monarch Cat on milkweed Mourning Cloak Anglewing on fireweed plant Polyphemus Moth caterpillar Julia Longwing Butterflies The Tiger Swallowtail butterflies swarm around the Buttonbush plants at the edge of the pond. This extraordinary creature is called a "hummingbird moth" - frequents our garden in Maine - its wings flutter as fast as a hummingbird - very difficult to catch with a camera. A gathering of moths on a knautia bloom. Butterfly Friends on a Zinnia Monarch on lantana in my backyard. Common buckeye resting in the grass. Gulf Fritillary resting on pine sapling in cool weather following Hurricane Sandy. Last Signs of spring in September Back to the contest main page. |
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