Chris,
The Checkerspot image is really great. Looks like a successful day!
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Discussion Group" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 9:38 AM
Subject: [OM] IMGs: Butterflies from Thursday
> This past Thursday I took a hike through a couple of washes and
> canyons at the far southeastern end of the Superstition Mountains. I came
> away with lots of scenery, wild flower, and butterfly photos, some of
> which were surprising. Here I'll post the photos of the six varieties of
> butterflies that I encountered.
>
> The first one is an Empress Leilia butterfly (Asterocampa leilia):
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8644634137/in/photostream
>
> In the early morning you could get fairly close to these as they dried the
> morning dew from their wings. Later in the day while I was photographing
> another of these an While photographing the Empress Leilia butterfly, an
> Acmon Blue butterfly (Plebejus acmon) muscled it's way into the scene:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8644634061/in/photostream
>
> They tend to gather in large numbers around muddy spots, as do the Mexican
> Yellow butterflies (Eurema mexicana):
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8644634181/in/photostream
>
> A few California Patch butterflies (Chlosyne californica) were
> encountered, but none of them would remain still very long:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8644634103/in/photostream
>
> Late in the day an Edith's Cherckerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha)
> put on a nice show, feasting away at a New Mexico Thistle and occasionally
> resting on the branches of a nearby Mesquite:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8644634119/in/photostream
>
> But the highlight of the day in terms of butterflies was the encounter
> with two Red Admiral butterflies (Vanessa atalanta):
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8644634223/in/photostream
>
> The first one I saw early in the day flew off before I could get into
> position, and this second one that I came across around noon took almost
> five minutes to photograph. It kept it's wings folded most of the time,
> opening them up for just brief moments. This was a bit excruciating as I
> was leaning over the whole time and did not take the time to take off my
> pack. I took over a dozen photos just to get this one.
>
>
> Chris
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