Busy butterfly by kbrog
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Backyard
Couldn’t ID this butterfly
No we have not reached the end of the trail shots, but I’ll be slipping in some shots in between from my new camera. A Cannon Rebel T1i.
Hope you all enjoy and please zoom.
Thanks for the comments.
Comments (24)
BEAUTIFUL~~~
Congratulations with your new camera, Kim. Good shot, to start! Just a beauty one. Would you tell us whether you're happy with your camera, by using it?
Congrats for your new camera. So wonderful colors for this butterfly!
Really superb ! Very good detail with the new camera.
B E A U T Y
bonne photo!
Looks like a Giant Swallowtail.
OH MY!!! it is gorgeous. WooHoo Congratulations with your new camera :-)))
hey, thats so very well done, love the light and the thoughtlessness and the color, just great!
Very nice indeed.
What a fantastic shot. Wonderful colors and light. Looks very beautiful!
What a beautiful capture!!!!
Really nice image. Great lighting and colours! Very nice shot!
love the colours in the background which really set the butterfly off .Excellent composition :o) Mick
Perfect focus. Very fine experience
This one is totally awesome... great capture, good composition!
I'm in with it's some sort of swallowtail. Beautiful capture and good luck with your new cannon. Dana
Very nice.... Aloha
you got it for sure. they hard to get most the time.
Attributes of Papilio cresphontes Family: Parnassians and Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Subfamily: Swallowtails (Papilioninae) Identification: Forewing with diagonal band of yellow spots. Tails are edged with black and filled with yellow. Life history: Males patrol for receptive females. Females lay single eggs on host leaves and twigs. Caterpillars resemble bird droppings and eat leaves and young shoots. Chrysalids hibernate. Flight: Two in the north from May-September; all year in Florida and the Deep South. Wing span: 4 - 6 1/4 inches (10.2 - 16 cm). Caterpillar hosts: Trees and herbs of the citrus family (Rutaceae) including Citrus species, prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum), hop tree (Ptelea trifoliata), and Common Rue (Ruta graveolens). Adult food: Nectar from lantana, azalea, bougainvilla, bouncing Bet, dame's rocket, goldenrod, Japanese honeysuckle, and swamp milkweed. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1366 at least I think so.beautiful catch and butterfly
Awesome Capture!
a fantastic photo from this beautiful swallotail butterfly!
Wonderful capture and magnificent colours! :)
Beautiful work!