A beautiful dragonfly on an autumn afternoon and a sentiment for the one in your thoughts and prayers . . .
An Orange-Barred Sulphur, Phoebis Philea, is sipping nectar from a flower Identification: Upperside of male bright yellow-orange; forewing has red-orange bar and hindwing has red-orange outer margin. The female, much larger than the male, has two forms, one off-white and the other yellow-orange. Both have upperside of forewing with solid black cell spot and a submarginal row of broken black smudges. Early Stages: Females lay eggs singly on leaves and flowers of host plants; caterpillars prefer to feed on the flowers. Caterpillar is yellow-green with black and yellow bands on the sides. It also has white-ringed reddish spots. Habitat: Open lowland sites such as forest edges, city gardens, parks, and road edges. Interesting Facts: Males of this species have a broad orange bar on the forewing, this gives rise to its common name. Range: Lowland tropical America, Brazil, Florida and the keys, rare but seen in Northeast states. Extremely vagrant in Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. Interesting Facts: Males of this species have a broad orange bar on the forewing, this gives rise to its common name. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR / / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
butterfly caught on a flower in the sun. They move around quite fast and I only like photographing them in the wild, so I was lucky to get him like this. It is supporting for me to think that we can reach out to the good things in life in a strong way although we are fragile and small.
This beautiful dragonfly actually spent the night in my front yard, providing me with a great opportunity to photograph it. The next morning it was still there and then suddenly it took off. Of course, I said thank you and wished it well.
Same as my other slugs, but with text. / Thanks to Leno for the nice slogan idea! / Created in illustrator and Photoshop The other version can be seen here
Queen butterfly, Danaus gilippus / Nikon D70s / 70-300mm / F6, 1/250 / 1/3/09 – 360/72 / / /
Grasshopper taken in my backyard in Diamond Creek, Melbourne Australia. Canon EOS 400D Tamron Macro, sports setting un-touched direct from camera > >
Australian Wolf Spider Wolf spiders have a primitive body structure, with a head used mainly for eating and breathing, and an abdomen, which carries all the spider’s organs, including the spinnerets. Many of the sub- species, which include the large and common grey wolf spider, are a mixture of greys and light browns, hence the name. This colour scheme camouflages the spider and allows it to creep up on its prey, which are usually large insects, and attack it from behind. Although they are subtle, the male’s colours consist of more browns than greys, as this is used for attracting females during courtship. They have eight eyes arranged in three rows. The bottom row consists of four small eyes, the middle row has two very large eyes, and the top row has two medium-sized eyes. They depend on their eyesight, which is quite good, to hunt. Their sense of touch is also acute. Try this Kids!! It works well :) Their eyes reflect light well, and one way of finding them is to hunt at night using a flashlight so that the light from the flashlight is reflected from their eyes directly back toward its source. Wolf spiders may or may not be aggressive but will inject venom freely if continually provoked. Symptoms of their venomous bite include swelling, mild pain and itching. Though usually considered harmless to humans, the bite of some species may be painful. In the past, necrotic bites have been attributed to some South American species, but further investigation has indicated that those problems that did occur were probably actually due to bites by members of other genera. Australian wolf spiders have also been associated with necrotic wounds, but careful study has likewise shown them not to produce such results. source WIKI
Watercolour, Pencil – graphite and coloured. / Paper is two sheet of 400gsm watercolour paper (don’t usually pay for 400gsm but it was half price and i couldn’t resist) / View large to see the ants. Would love feedback on this one – all welcome – in fact i would rather have critique so that i can improve it. I have been staring at it for so long i can only see the problems. Please help!!!!!
Please excuse my ignorance, but if anyone knows the name of this lovely butterfly, please let me know, and I’d be happy to replace the generic title with something more specific. I photographed this lovely butterfly at the Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.
A Tiger Longwing butterfly (Heliconius hecale) resting on an orange flower.
Butterfly FEATURED IN: / You’re Accepted 09/06/09 / Untouchables 15/06/09 / Thats Entertainment 01/09/2009 / Thanks to all Groups Un-edited direct from the camera CANON EOS400D, TAMRON MACRO LENS / TV 1/250, AV 9.0, ISO SPEED 1600 !: !:
This is a type of butterfly that is always around my garden, so small and brown with that dot! The little brown butterfly of my garden, Ravenshoe, Far Nth Queensland, Australia. / I recently saw another variation of this or a similar but different one, it was speckled, I’ll upload it soon. Taken with Canon PowerShot A480
Queen butterfly, Danaus gilippus is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (the brush-foots) with a wingspan of 2.75–3.25” (70–88mm). It is orange or brown with black wing borders and small white forewing spots on its dorsal wing surface, and reddish ventral wing surface fairly similar to the dorsal surface. The ventral hindwings have black veins and small white spots (at least 50) in a black border. The male has a black androconial scent patch on its dorsal hindwings. This species is possibly a close relative to the similarly-colored Soldier Butterfly (or “Tropic Queen”; Danaus eresimus); in any case, it is not close to the Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) as was long believed. There are about 10 recognized subspecies (Smith et al. 2005). As with other North American Danaus species, it is involved in Müllerian mimicry with the Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) where the two co-occur. Females lay small white eggs singly on plants in the milkweed subfamily (Asclepiadoideae), including Mexican Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed, Desert Milkweed, and Sandhill Milkweed. The egg hatches into a black caterpillar with transverse white stripes and yellow spots, and three pairs of long, black filaments. The caterpillar feeds on the milkweed and sequesters chemicals that make it distasteful to some predators. It then goes through six instars, after which the larva finds a suitable spot to pupate. The adult emerges 7 to 10 days afterwards. D. gilippus has multiple generations a year. Taken in my front yard, Port Saint Lucie, FL Partial proceeds of all sales of any of my butterfly prints are donated to MonarchWatch and/or Butterfly Conservation Initiative. Nikon D70s / 70-300mm @ 300mm / F5.6, 1/200 / ISO 250 / RAW / 7/4/09 – 558/13 /
Best Viewed Large All Rights Reserved / @ Julia Wright Shot taken at Coomera, Queensland / Featured in Bugs, Creepy Crawlies group / Featured in Butterflies, Skippers, Moths & other Winged Insects group
Common Crow (Euploea core) Nikon D80 – Sigma 105 DG Macro lens at f/4 – ISO400
Common Crow (Euploea core) seen at Williamson Park Butterfly house, Lancaster, UK. Nikon D80 – Sigma 105mm DG Macro lens Featured in the Friends of Redbubble group JULY 2009.
The tiny pearl crescent butterfly is a little gem; it flits away nervously, but every now and then, it settles down sedately and allows some human intrusion into its space. I had such a moment when this tiny beauty landed on lantana for a sweet sip.
The Queen (Danaus gilippus) butterfly on a yellow Mexican Sunflower. Camera: Canon 5D / Lens: Canon 100mm macro / Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec. / Aperture: f11 / ISO Speed: 640 / Handheld
Super-macro Pentax Optio S30 / location Fraser Island Queensland Australia /
My 3 photographs of 2 butterflies and my own background using photo shop, and some free brushes that were given to me long with my own made stamps. / Copyright / These Images and Writings Do Not Belong To ANY Public Domain. All images and Writing are copyright © Patricia Anne McCarty & Deep Red Tiger Images 2009. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images or Writings without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. / NO! NO! NOT THE COMFY CHAIR!!!
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