Yesterday, I was able to take this photo with three (3) Yellow Tiger Swallowtails, one (1) Black Tiger Swallowtail and one (1) Monarch feasting on a bunch of thistle plants.
A few butterflies in Maryland
Viceroy ...
Red Admiral ....
Variegated Fritillary ....
Pearl Crescent ....
Black Tiger Swallowtail ...
Yellow Tiger Swallowtail ....
Red Spotted Purple ....
Beautiful pictures....mind if I ask what camera you used?
What a beautiful sight to see! Thanks for posting the pic. Cathy
mlm01, I have a Nikon D70 Digital SLR. The camera is often secondary to a lot of other things. My first digital camera was an Olympus 3000, 3.1 megapixels, point-and-shoot. I was very pleased with that camera except I wanted more lens flexibility provided by a digital SLR.
My gosh! These are fabulous!! I noticed that a lot of the photos are with a gravelly background... do you have some kind of sand/gravel puddle area for butterflies? You have such a variety!
Note to self: till up more yard and plant more buterfly plants. :-)
lilyfantn, All of the photos with the gravel background were taken the same day following an overnight rainstorm. It was either on a gravel roadway or gravel parking lot, nothing I designed. They were attracted to the moisture in the roadway. I never saw so many butterflies, mostly the Red Spotted Purple. I have seen all of these butterflies around my house but not to this degree. I do get quite a few Yellow and Black Tiger Swallowtails on my Butterfly Bush(es).