Lookie at what I found this morning! I was up pretty early, and checking the new leaf miner damage on my poor glories, and all of a sudden I was face to face with one of the biggest dragonflies I'd ever seen! His eyes were so amazing and his green body so vibrant I almost thought a fly fishing lure had somehow landed there by accident! Sorry the photo doesn't do him justice- we're in the middle of "June Gloom" here on Orange County so it was overcast...
That is awesome! Hang onto that pic for the photo contest!!
Janis
BTW, Welcome to Daves Garden!!
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That is a stunning shot! Well done!
X
Very neat. Awesome picture!
What a shot!!! Beautiful
Beautiful picture!!!
Hey thanks you guys! I must confess, I took about ten shots of him and picked the best! It was done with a Kodak easyshareCX7530, which was fairly inexpensive when we bought it a year ago. Takes great closeups!
Great Idea Janis,
For the Photo Contest.
GREAT PHOTO,
Emma
Wow! never seen a dragonfly with that nice green in it. Ours are all blue around here. Very nice picture.
Blue Dragon Fly on my Tomato Fence
Yes! He was truly magnificent. His eyes were huge. He chilled on that leaf for at least an hour or two.
I like your guy on the red fence post too. I love watching them dip and skim over the water, and how their lacy wings catch the sunlight!
I saw a pretty blue one yesterday but he wasn`t chilling. He was staying as far away from my camera as he could get. Oh well. :)
This butterfly came into the yard today and I couldn't resist trying to get a picture (even tho I don't have a highly sofisticated camera). Just put it on 2X zoom and caught the pretty thing still.
Anyone know what this one is classified as? First time I remember seeing one like this.
Perry L. Williams
Another shot, on a different pot...........
Hi Perry,
That is an little beauty.
Don't have a clue about butterflies, but Cat would.
I'll have to D-Mail her to have a look.
Emma
Yes, That's a beautiful butterfly! I havem't seen very mant of them around here this year, although God knows I've been more than generous with the caterpillars! I've let hen munch quite a few leaves in my garfen!
This butterfly picture was also posted in the Texas Gardening forum and maggiemoo from Conroe, TX, suggested the name Buckeye butterfly. A goole-search showed that to be the correct name.
Hey Perry - Nice pattern on that critter...looks like the people here at this forum
Gardening for Butterflies and Hummers (*)
http://davesgarden.com/forums/f/bbb/all/
are very knowledgeable and would also be helpful about this subject matter...
TTY,...
TxWillie,
Yes, a buckeye it is...however, this is the first time I've seen such yellow markings on it...the ones I see way down in the south tip of Texas have orange. Here's a photo of one from last year. A Common Buckeye...if my mind serves me correctly.
~ Cat
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...and another...can't remember if this is a Tropical or Mangrove...am leaning towards Tropical as the Mangroves are rare.
~ Cat
Thanks to everyone for help in identification. Cat the pictures you show have markings similar to markings shown on a couple of sites I checked out. All I can figure on the yellow markings is perhaps with the majority of the wild flowers in West Texas being yellow, maybe the butterfly evolved into markings that fit the flowers?
