Nah, all I know is how to Google! I know the basic butterfly cats and some moths. Most of the ones like this are just moths so you just have to find the right web page. Moths always just seem to get kind of lumped into butterfly forums, like "night butterflies". Glad to be of help tho!
Some of my 'entertainment' .. II
And, now .. after all this time .. here's a few more!
The Luna Moths ... from back in April ..
.. Pic # 1 ..
.. Pic # 2 ..
.. Pic # 3 ..
.. Pic # 4 .. the Hackberry ..
.. Pic # 5 .. I bleeve this is the Empress Leilia .. A first for me !!
( I'll await confirmation or correction )
.. Pic # 6 .. A lil closer shot .. of what I beleive may be the Empress Leilia butterfly.
.. Pic # 7 .. The Buckeye ..
.. Pic # 8 .. The Buckeye .. with wings spread
.. Pic # 9 .. Bleeve this another one of the Giant Sulphurs ..
acompanied with another critter bug .. and, feedin' on a thistle flower.
.. Pic # 10 .. We returned home in September, jes in time
to see a few of the remaining Monarch Cats !! ..
.. Pic # 11 ..
.. Pic # 12 ..
.. Pic # 13 ..
.. Pic # 14 .. Not sure, but this fella .. looks to be one of the 'Pearly Eye' butterfiles ..
End, for now .. Pic # 15 .. A bit closer shot of the 'Pearly Eye' ..
Magpye, what a lovely collection of butterfly pictures and the fabulous Lunar Moth!
Don't they talk to you like the other critturs?
I think that your Pearly Eye is the Northern Pearly Eye (Enodia anthedon) http://www.carolinanature.com/butterflies/npearlyeye.html
Ths Southern Pearly Eye (Enodia portlandia) http://www.carolinanature.com/butterflies/spearlyeye.html has orange clubs on its antennae.
It is hard to be sure about your Empress Leilia, but I think it is closer to the Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis) http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/construct-species-page.asp?sp=Asterocampa-celtis#phototable-2 http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/usa/36.htm
Ken
Much appreciation Ken .. for takin' the time to ID the correct 'Empress' for me also! By golly, with it being as pretty as it was, and its 'dignified posture' .. I knew it jes had to have some connotation of 'royalty'! .. hee ..
It sometimes proves quite difficult for me to determine the distinct differences between many of the butterflies .. Especially if I limit myself to only one or two references books or websites. The Sulphurs will probably always keep me baffled ...
Several of the sites you'd posted .. I'd never run across before. The Massachusetts Butterfly Club .. enables a 'side-by-side' mode for butterfly comparison .. which I found a most wonderful benefit! Thanks so very much ..
Seeing the 'Northern' Pearly Eye, here on our property .. is a 1st for us.
Thank you so much Ken
- Magpye
.. Jes a wee lil dab of krazy-glue .. Or, 'unique' up on 'em !! ..
(.. LOL .. Nahhh, I'm merely pullin' yer leg about the glue!!!)
You're too sweet jnana ... thank you!
Haint no secret tho'. In all sincerity - it's patience (of which I've been issued a limited supply myself) But, patience .. coupled with a bit of some strategicly slow sneakin' up on 'em ...
Most times, I jes happen to already 'be' where these winged beauties come do a fly-by visit.
Perhaps you can perch yourself out in your garden near to where they may frequent .. and sit idle a spell .. and see what comes to pay a visit .. close by, to YOU! Of course, you must already have your cam'ra in-hand and in-position .. or, mounted on a mono or tri-pod. Strangely, if I use my tri-pod ... the lil dickens usually set themselves down on top of my camera!! Guess there's something in the oils/dirt from my hands that remain on the camera, that attracts them also ... That, or a bumbler or a wasp, sees fit to runnin' me off sooner than I'd planned. .. hee ..
Happy 'flutterbye shutterbuggin' to ya !!
- Magpye
Magpye,
Beautiful pics as usual--thanks for sharing with us underprivlidged city folk! ☺
Pic # 9--the green butterfly on the purple thistle--goregous!
If you don't mind me asking, what kind of camera are you using?
Maureen
Ahh, mlm01 ..
tis a privilege, and an honor, of which I am bestowed .. that you guys enjoy my pitters!
.. Thank YOU ..
Don't mind at all .. and appreciate your inquiry.
My lil faithful cam'ra, of which I am its side-kick, is .. the Fuji S5000. I'm a mite bit proud of what she most satisfactorily produces for me .. despite the gosh-awful stuff I subject her to.
Hee .. No doubt that she's considered a 'dinosaur' by now .. but here's a wee bit of the tech info, should ya care to take a gander.
http://www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/digitalS5000Overview.jsp?item=I616756&dbid=616756&subitem=SIOverView&urltype=overview&NavBarId=I_Product_100
- Magpye
this summer there were three hummers fighting at the feeder
Gosh Magpye - those pictures are just AWESOME! There aren't many butterflies left here in NE Tn. now and the hummers are gone and the daylilies are just about done too... I can't wait till next year - WAHH
I plan on getting through the winter by looking at your gorgeous critter photos over and over and over and over and over - lol! Thanks so much for sharing. :-)
Oh my .. I'd not realized that you two had posted, candela & lilfantn. Guess it's a good thing that I wondered in here to post some more pitters, or I may not have found your comments. Forgive me please ... Much appreciation for the gracious compliments.
- Magpye
After loosin' 3 of my Rhodies in the bed in front of the porch (while we tinkered about in New Mexico) - - the only other plant that I could find and liked, were a couple of Penta bushes. Now, I certainly needed some stuff of which their flowering would extend into the Fall .. and bless pat; these .. are ideal !!
As of today, they are still making a wondrous amount of flowers .. And even better, they're a natural draw for the butterflies. Along with a whole mess of bees, wasps, bugs, & plenty other lil flying critters ... that I swear, I don't have the foggiest idea as to what they could be.
.. LOL ..
At any rate .. the Pentas are a sure charm for the butterflies. Pretty much astounded to see that there were still such a variety of the flying beauties here and about. But, then .. they'd not had a whole lot to feed upon, here .. with the mess of a yard we came home to, in early September. (soooo ashamed of myseff) ..
During the last several weeks .. there've been a few varieties of Sulphurs, many Painted Ladies, some Swallowtails, a few Whites, Buckeyes, and even a lingerin' Monarch or three about the yard. They light and get their fill from the Pentas, then drift over to the Mums, dine at the Dianthus, and apparently .. even the lil bitty Alyssum flowers provide quite a smorgasbord!
- Magpye
... Pic #1 ... Two Painted Ladies on the Mums
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... Pic #2 ... Painted Lady with wings spread ...
... Pic #3 ... More of the Painted Ladies ... on the Penta flowers ..
( geez, ya gotta wonder how the fellers feel to be referred to as Painted 'ladies' !?! )
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... Pic #4 ... More, Painted Ladies ...
... Pic #5 ... Still, more of the PL's .. (hee)
... Pic #6 ... and, another shot of the PL
... Pic #7 ... I believe this is, the Checkered (or, Common) White butterfly on a fading Mum ..
... Pic #8 ... Think this one, is the Orange Sulphur .. sampling the wee tiny Alyssum flowers.
... Pic #9 ... One Monarch feastin' on the Pentas ..
... Pic #10 ... Then, on another day .. one visits and partakes of the Alyssum flowers ...
... Pic #11 ... The Pipevine Swallowtail nourishin' on the Pentas ...
... Pic #12 ... The Pipevine, with wings spread ...
... Pic #13 ... A small 'tawny' colored feller, more akin to a Moth, than a butterfly. Any clues?
... Pic #14 ... Another shot & angle .. of the lil 'tawny' colored feller on the white Mum ...
... Pic #15 ... This, particular Sulphur .. was sippin' from a pink Petunia. But, look closely ..
Do you guys see a lil sumthin' kindly reminiscent of a special day in February(?) ..
