Wednesday, July 16, 2008

A New Butterfly



While walking along the overgrown fence row bordering one side of my property I noticed a gray butterfly flutter down into the underbrush. As I began to pay closer attention I found that a number of them were flying out of the brush into the open and then descending again into the thick growth before alighting. Soon one made the mistake of landing upon an exposed greenbrier leaf allowing me to capture this image before it fluttered along its way.

As with the Calico Pennant Dragonfly, I don’t have a name for this subdued beauty and am hoping someone here will be kind enough to identify my little treasure.

14 comments:

  1. No clue as to identy, but quite a pretty little thing!

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  2. Salty: Really love this photo, it's wonderful capture for sure.

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  3. Great caputre! Nice looking lense onn your profile! I got started a little earlier today. Stop by my place if you get a chance. Have a wwonderful day!

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  4. No idea Salty.. but thats one great capture from you again.
    Tom

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  5. Huh - think I can help! It's a "Large Wood Nymph"!
    It's on my "to shoot" list, since it's also found down here in Florida!
    Good one!
    Cheers, Klaus

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  6. Great shot!
    It's beautiful - you captured so much detail.

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  7. Yup sure looks like the Large Wood Nymph, although the colors are different, yours is more attractive than the one I found online!

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  8. Wow! What a stunning butterfly. I don't believe I've seen one of these before....I will have my eyes open for this one!
    Great shot!

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  9. It is absolutely GORGEOUS! WOW - I would LOVE to see one of these. How beautiful!

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  10. Sorry I can't help with the identification, Salty, but it sure is a beauty!

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  11. for future identification see the following web site. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

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