Posts Tagged ‘Butterfly’

A somewhat battered-looking female Black Swallowtail spent a long time fluttering around the butterfly bush in our front yard. Took many pics during her visit.

One of the local attractions in Montezuma is the Mariposario Montezuma, which features an enclosed butterfly garden. Lots of the famous Blue Morpho butterflies–a symbol of Costa Rica–continually flitted about, but I could never get one to sit still long enough for me to take the type of picture I was hoping for. Still, I came away with some nice shots of some of the other butterflies that were plentiful there. For most of these shots I used my camera’s built-in flash, even though it was daylight, as I found that the flash brought out more of the butterflies’ colour.

Malachite Butterfly

Hamadryas amphinome

Banded Peacock Butterfly

Tiger Longwing

We also stayed for lunch, and I can honestly say that their beer was definitely worthwhile.

Sulfur butterflies are pretty though kinda plain when compared to things like Monarch butterflies, but when I saw the way the morning light was catching these sulfur butterflies from behind I ended up focusing on them during my morning walk in Woodbine Park earlier today:

Sulfur Butterfly on Purple Erigeron Flowers #1

Sulfur Butterfly on Purple Erigeron Flowers #2

I had always thought of the purple flowers as a sort of purple daisy, but apparently they are called “Purple Erigeron”, perhaps better known as “fleabane”. The butterflies certainly love them.

I actually saw my first Black Swallowtail butterfly before I even got to Tommy Thompson park, as there was one of these guys putting on a good show for me in the short hedgerow that runs along the sidewalk leading to the park. So the first two pics are of this one individual I saw outside the park and the third one while I was inside the park. Either way, they are stunning to look at.

Black Swallowtail Butterfly 1

Black Swallowtail Butterfly 2

Black Swallowtail Butterfly 3

Here’s the last of the triumvirate of butterflies I took pics of while visiting Tommy Thompson park earlier today. These little Clouded Sulphur butterflies are everywhere, and are rarely still long enough for me to take pics of. Luckily for me there was this one individual that stayed still just long enough for me to take a couple of pictures:

Clouded Sulphur Butterfly 1

Clouded Sulphur Butterfly 2

It’s been warm lately, and these bright orange-fringed Red Admiral butterflies have arrived en masse in our area. A welcome touch of colour at this time of the year.

Red Admiral Butterfly

Butterflies on Neighbour's Flowering Tree

Another walk with the dog looking for interesting critters to shoot with the camera. Saw this tiny butterfly, which was only just over a couple of centimeters long.

Hobomok Skipper Butterfly

Turns out to be a Hobomok Skipper. While looking it up I couldn’t make my mind up as to whether it was that or a Zabulon Skipper (gotta love the names in either case), but according to this, which says that the Zabulon Skipper is not found north of Pelee Island and that in “anywhere but extreme southwestern Ontario the Hobomok Skipper is unmistakable”. Well alright then, Hobomok Skipper it is then. 😉

Finally managed to get a decent picture of a Small White (Pieris rapae) Butterfly, better known to most people as the “Cabbage White”. The damned things keep flitting about, and are very sensitive to anyone near, so I feel lucky that I was able to catch one who held still on a nearby flower long enough for me to crouch down and take a shot with my telephoto lens.

Small White (Pieris rapae) Butterfly

Our dog YoBob is back from the cottage as the girls head to Camp Couchiching for the rest of the month, so he needed a walk. A good excuse for me to head to Woodbine Park, where I took pictures of the various fauna I saw down there on what was a hot day.

Here’s my favourite, of a Monarch Butterfly on an Echinacea Flower:

Monarch Butterfly on an Echinacea Flower

Here’s the rest: