Large Orange Sulphur, Giant Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)

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htop San Antonio, TX(Zone 8b) Nov 13, 2006

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Magpye NW Qtr, AR(Zone 6a) Jun 10, 2007

WOW, htop .. !! ..

All this time has passed .. and I'd completely missed the other butterfly AND the hawk - both, 'in flight'!

I've jes gotta start reading these descriptions 'in full' and paying much closer attention to these bug photos!

- Magpye

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htop San Antonio, TX(Zone 8b) Jun 11, 2007

Magpye, when I was taking the photo of the butterfly on the zinnia, I knew there were other orange sulphurs everywhere. As I was taking the photo, at the edge of my vision, I saw something going on. I was not sure what was happening, so I turned my camera and clicked. I did know that there as another large orange sulfur in the photo, but I had not seen the hawk. When I viewed the photo, I was disappointed that I had turned the camera and the angle was so bad because the photo of the butterfly in the foreground and the butterfly in the background was pretty good. I had forgotten why I had turned the camera. It took me several viewings before I saw the hawk because I was so focused on the butterflies.

Then, I saw the hawk and remembered why I had turned the camera. To be truthful, there was another hawk right behind the hawk you see in the photo. It was at a different angle as it also was zooming in after the butterfly in the background. I had to edit it out so that the first hawk was more easily seen. I have never quite figured out what the whitish area is around the bottom of the hawk. Perhaps it was a 3rd hawk lit up by the sunlight. I never realized hawks would go after butterflies - but these are very large butterflies.

Thank you for your comments.

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