Wednesday, March 28, 2018

A Flutterby


There are bloggers out in the blogosphere who take and publish fantastic butterfly photos. This was my attempt to do the same.  It's pretty sad, I know, but than again I know so little about these overgrown moths, I thought this was a Monarch flutterby. However, I've been informed by someone who does know about such things that no, this is not a Monarch, but some sort of swallow tail.

I shan't argue the point except to note that's a really dumb name.  Does it swallow its tail?  What tail? 

On another note, I'm probably going to be a bit slow at commenting the next few days, but not to worry because I shall be checking out all blogs that do not feature flutterbys.

15 comments:

  1. It is a perfect photo of a beautiful animal, regardless of its name!

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  2. What are you talking about? That's a superb photo. I love the way the sun is making the wings glow with light. It's perfect. That's an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and it's a beauty. Ya done good!

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  3. In my opinion this is a beautiful photo! Lovely.

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  4. A beautiful butterfly. We do get to see these in the summer time.

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  5. You got a good pic of him, Lowell!

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  6. A nice sharp photo Lowell. Well done!!!

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  7. This is a beautiful creature, well photographed!

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  8. Those guys are so hard to catch! You've done a good job with this one, whatever its provenance.

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  9. Un esemplare bellissimo di farfalla, ricco di colori primaverili
    Un saluto,silvia

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  10. Gorgeous butterfly captured in a perfect macro !

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  11. Butterflies can be hard to capture. The wing position is perfect.

    Janis
    GDP

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  12. It's a gorgeous shot Lowell. I'm the same, I couldn't tell you the names but I really do love the symmetrical patterns on butterfly/moth wings!

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  13. Looks like a Swallowfly butterfly. This photo shows how thin the wings of a butterfly.

    Thank you for your encouraging comment on my latest post, Lowell. I'm always happy to read your feedback. Have happy days ahead with humors.

    Yoko

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