I have been looking for 2 days now and cant find a ID, SmartWombat Almo ?

I have been looking for 2 days now and cant find a ID, SmartWombat Almo ?

Little Wood Satyr, I think. (I have a great butterfly field guide.)

http://www.cirrusimage.com/butterfly_lwoodsatyr.htm

That's a smart image, Knight.

Perhaps Paul can replace the spider sticky with this one (butterflies and moths). We would probably get more participation.

Knight, no more complaining about your lens - your images are great!

Think your right LL , im on my way to the city this afternoon . Any suggestions on a BF book ?

Loupey i have to do a little PS with most of my photos with this lens, it`s at its sharpest around 200mm but for $ 179.00 i cant complain. As for spiders the week is not over yet :) my wife tells me that she squished a big one a few days ago lol . Im having a hard time finding one lol.

Well.... since loupey asked so nicely :D Sunday starts flutterby week and this is the thread I'll stick :wink:

Think your right LL , im on my way to the city this afternoon . Any suggestions on a BF book ?

Loupey i have to do a little PS with most of my photos with this lens, it`s at its sharpest around 200mm but for $ 179.00 i cant complain. As for spiders the week is not over yet :) my wife tells me that she squished a big one a few days ago lol . Im having a hard time finding one lol.

My kids bought me the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Butterflies (North America.)

Well.... since loupey asked so nicely :D Sunday starts flutterby week and this is the thread I'll stick :wink:

Yay! A new inspiration for me to get my butt outside! :D

I changed the title when I stuck it...

Don't know what kind they are. Shot at the butterfly house at Callaway Gardens.

Don't know what kind they are. Shot at the butterfly house at Callaway Gardens.

I've been to Callaway a few times. It's great. Have you seen their raptor demo?

The white butterfly is called a Paper Kite or sometimes a Rice Paper Butterfly. The think the other one is an Owl Butterfly.

Here's a Common Buckeye...

Paul im wondering if you should ad Caterpillars to this thread also C ing that butterflies come from them ?

Anyways heres one its a Gypsy Moth Caterpillar. And a Northern Crescent Butterfly.:D

Oh and tell me winch end is Head and Tail :D

oh and Thanks LL ill look into that book , i did not make it to the City today .

I hope you mushed the gypsy moth catapillar :D The big round thing is the head BTW

Glenn, what is that on the leaf below the catapillar anyway?

Think its part of a shell that those crab apples have on the flower before they turn into apples ,ill check first thing in the morning. I think the tree still has some on it .

Here's a monarch catapiller from last weekend, and a a butterfly of some sort from yesterday.

Have'nt a clue what type of butterfly this is, but noticed it landing on long grass but ignoring the close poppy heads and daisys.

Good Captures Payn, LL , Mjs1973 and Bev , I think we truly need a resident Bug master here to ID all these insects. Wonder if there are any volunteers ?

Here's a monarch catapiller from last weekend, and a a butterfly of some sort from yesterday.

The orange one is a fritiallary of some sort -- maybe an Atlantis Fritillary...

Glenn, what is that on the leaf below the catapillar anyway?
Looks like a gall, not sure what sort though.

Here's a monarch catapiller from last weekend, and a a butterfly of some sort from yesterday.

I'm going for aphrodite or great spangled fritillary..

http://www.wisconsinbutterflies.org/butterflies/species/161

I'm going for aphrodite or great spangled fritillary..

http://www.wisconsinbutterflies.org/butterflies/species/161


Thanks for the ID help everyone, and thanks for this link! Looks like that site will be very helpfull!

Must be fate. I shoot moths for the first time and I come to PR to see a thread just for it. Unfortunately the majority of my shots are out of focus so I'll only have a couple to share. Live and learn!

Any IDs are always appreciated :D

From the top...

I have no idea what the dark bug is....

Last ones (I think)...

I believe the second photo is a different type of moth...I hope it is :rolleyes:

Have'nt a clue what type of butterfly this is, but noticed it landing on long grass but ignoring the close poppy heads and daisys.
I'll ID that one tonight Bev.
Haven't been out hunting lepidoptera for 20 years, so I'm a little rusty.

OK got it, I knew it was odd, it's one of the Browns (Satyridae) that isn't brown :)
Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) usually flies in July and August.
Which explains why yours is fresh looking.

I have no idea what the dark bug is....

Eric, I have no idea what it is either. But it's cool that you captured it!:thumbsup:

Even if the DOF is off a little (precisely in between the moth and flying thingamabug as Murphy would dictate), I'm glad you tripped the shutter. I imagine that the flying one did not stay there for long.

Eric, I have no idea what it is either. But it's cool that you captured it!:thumbsup:

Even if the DOF is off a little (precisely in between the moth and flying thingamabug as Murphy would dictate), I'm glad you tripped the shutter. I imagine that the flying one did not stay there for long.

Yes, that thingamabug was all over the place. I had the camera at 3 fps and by the next frame the thingamabug was behind the moths wing.

I thought those two would duke it out :D

Glad you like it. Thanks.

Last ones (I think)...

I believe the second photo is a different type of moth...I hope it is :rolleyes:

The first one is a checkerspot -- perhaps a Northern Checkerspot, and the other one is folded wing skipper -- maybe a Delaware Skipper.

Anybody know what this one is?

This one isn't in my North America guide. I haven't been able to identify him yet. Any ideas?

Anybody know what this one is?


It's a swallowtail... I do believe it's a black swallowtail, but it may be a spicebush swallowtail ?

Here's a great link ...http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

Where did you take that image LL? It seems to have the shape of one of the Heliconian butterflies, but I can't ID it.

Eastern Black Swallowtail LL The other is not in the book lol

Also a good Link to N/A Butterflies http://www.cirrusimage.com/butterflies_of_North_America.htm

OK LL the best that i can come up with is A Blue Heliconius Butterfly from Peru Or a Sara_Longwing . Then again i could be full of BS lol.

http://www.worldleps.com/hwallacei.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Longwing

It's a swallowtail... I do believe it's a black swallowtail, but it may be a spicebush swallowtail ?

Right again, Paul... Spicebush Swallowtail.

Here's a great link ...http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

Where did you take that image LL? It seems to have the shape of one of the Heliconian butterflies, but I can't ID it.

I'm not sure, but I think it was here: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflies/

Of course, that won't help you figure out where the butterfly came from, but it is a great place to visit.:D

Here's one of the first micro shots I ever took (2001 or 2002?). It was from a Minolta film camera with a 100-300mm Tamron lens and a reversed 50mm f/1.4 Canon screwed on in reverse. Do you all know what it is?

This is from 2005 with a Tamron 90mm macro plus 1.4x TC using a D70 digital. Same animal (or maybe his/her grandson/daughter) from 2005.

It is indeed a SARA LONGWING Heliconius sara :wink:

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflygallery/butterfly_proc.asp?page_no=2&MaxRecords=16&record_count=43&total_recs=43&Common=&Genus=Heliconius&Species=&country=&state_province=&PhotographerID=&FamilyID=&PhotoID=&trys=2&show_all=no

WE got an ID together. Team work :D

Back to the previous Butter . it's a Eastern black swallowtail and not a SpiceBush National Audubon # 583 :)

It's a swallowtail sp. :lol:

:blush2: If it`s a SpiceBush i want a refund on my National Audubon Field Guide to Insects & Spiders

Shot this one in a butterfly pavillion somewhere...

That a pretty cool looking BF

Does anyone have a LUNA MOTH to offer ?

Shot a Luna Moth many years ago but nothing recent :(

Here's what I have so far. For now, I'm after a better shot of that Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth (is that a mouthful or what?!) that I shot earlier.

Not the best shot but this thing is really a big butterfly. Can anyone ID? Thanks in advance.

That a pretty cool looking BF

Does anyone have a LUNA MOTH to offer ?

Sure, if taking one of an emerging luna moth in a controlled environment counts. :wink:

cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lovely pics on this thread, thought I'd add a few: The first 2, Tiger Swallowtails I believe, I just took today. The orange one I took a few days ago, not sure what kind it is.

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could this be a morning cloak?

I do believe the bottom one is a grey copper and yes, those are eastern tiger swallowtails.

Not the best shot but this thing is really a big butterfly. Can anyone ID? Thanks in advance.

No ID leads on my pic yet? Hmmmm....looks like a stump record. C'mon, ya'll can do it!

A few post down... (http://forums.photographyreview.com/showpost.php?p=145102&postcount=47)

once again....morning cloak :wink:

once again....morning cloak :wink:

Oh...didn't know you were referring to my pic....:D :D :D

THANKS!

Not the best angles here but I found these colors pleasing

A Common Wood-Nymph from todays walk.

Once my dog stopped chasing this guy around, it posed for some photos.

I took images last weekend of some(8) but after taking the image I realised they were on goose crap, not dirt..... YUCK!

I took images last weekend of some(8) but after taking the image I realised they were on goose crap, not dirt..... YUCK!


LOL I hate it when that happens!

Here's a Monarch (Danaus plexippus) from tonight.