Thanks Dale. Can always cound on you. Haven't seen it yet today. Had to help load a horse I sold and the bug sprayers came today.
Daily pic. #88
Oh my gosh, I'm so excited!! Forgive the awful pics. As it is, I got a little too close & scared it away. I sure hope it comes back.
And another...
Thanks Dale for your help.
n.a.n. Nice catch! Congrats. Pretty but'fly. This year I saw more Tigerswallowtails than many years past.
Nice pics!
Thanks!
I've seen so few butterflies this year that I get really excited whenever I see one. I've been seeing a lot of white ones and almost none of other types this year.
Red Peacock -
(from BF rain forest conservatory at the Houston Museum of Natural Science)
I'm not sure of some of the names, but will endeavor...
Zebra Longwing
Longwing of some designation...beautiful blue luminescence.
another longwing (Orange Tiger LW)
Blue Morpho
Rice Paper
?
Morpho, Longwing, and a couple of Clippers
Orange Julia
inside the conservatory
and...
Those are beautiful pics!!! I have a plate of fruit hanging from one of my trees, but the only thing I have seen on it are ants! ^_^ The temps are so high it dries it out pretty fast. I put water on it every day thinking at least they could get a drink there. I change the fruit every weekend. I have seen some that look like a buckeye, but are much smaller. Between the size of a skipper and a regular buckeye. Haven't got a shot of it yet.
Now we know where all the butter flies are!! I ahve to unload camera...but had a TST and have a BST cat on the fennel!
jmorth - Beautiful! Were you actually inside the Conservatory with the butterflies? I've read about lots of places where you can do that.
Love those places Jack, especially in the winter.
Some activity lately. Tiger Swallowtail.
Red Admiral
Yes, was there last Saturday.
Swallowtail from garden yesterday -
Also a dragonfly
Dragonfly from day before
Tiger Swallowtails have been around the yard here the last couple of days...finally!
The BST caterpillar on the fennel. I checked again this morning and still only see 1! I left it where it was.
nanny, did you catch that Swallowtail in flight with your Canon SX20? Nice!
yup!
red spotted purple
nice shot nanny!
wrong thread, but this guy popped up while I was chasing that RSP around trying to get a shot.
Nice shots there BCH.
Here's a brain teaser--find the ruby throat in the prairie fire crabapple.
I think I saw it approx 1 o'clock position. lol. I'm used to that type of photos for have plenty of practice. lol Such as this one. Can we find the get-away hummingbird? LOL Oh there was an escape. For he was faster than this one that got caught. lol
nope Lily, not at 1:00.
awww, now I can see it more clearly now. 12:00 clear as day. lol
Love that b'fly in flight. Great shot!
About 11 or 12, got his green on!! Like the previous hummer pic too BCH.
Love the action shot Nanny! I had two BST that finally pupated somewhere....didn't bring them in. I tend to forget them when I only have a couple. I do have about 6 or 8 in chrysalis that are slowly emerging one by one. They pupated about 6 wks ago I think. Could be they are waiting for cooler temps....aren't we all?
I see it at 12 o'clock as well. It's beak is facing to the right side, wings are blurry, but see the green body. Right?
Have you a stunning pic. of a header-quality photo? If so please may I volunteer you to open next thread? Please, please. This thread is getting quite long and we have found BCH's hidden hummingbird , mystery solved. LOL