Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Hummingbird Moth
Carpenter Bee and Hummingbird Moth sharing
American Lady
Bees love butterfly bush too.
Fritillary
Intermediate form of female Tiger Swallowtail
Here is the yellow form again for comparison
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Beautiful pictures of some sweet insects. They have all of sudden made a big appearance here too. You should see how funny I look chasing them around the yard with a camera.
ReplyDeletethat's a lot of beautiful butterflies, great post.
ReplyDeleteYou have captured some beautiful critters in your lens. Wonderful photos, thank you for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteSweet Bay, are you sure you don't work as a photographer for National Geographic? Your photos are THAT good. Love 'em.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, just beautiful. I know how difficult it is to get the butterflies "just right". They aren't very helpful! :D
ReplyDeleteWonderful pictures Sweet Bay. Butterflies are so hard to capture. Love that hummingbird moth too.
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Sweetbay! wow!! great photos of all those butterflies! I was trying today, but they kept flying off.
ReplyDeleteHi Sweet Bay! I am not seeing many butterflies this year, so thank you for the butterfly fix. I just learned something new, about making blog pages larger, and hope to post about the discovery that others may know about already, but I'm really excited! Yours was the first blog I tried it on.
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ReplyDeleteWow! Sweet bay these are fabulous butterfly shots!
ReplyDeleteLovely photographs of beautiful butterflies. It's been cool and overcast for the time of year here, but still the butterflies come. At least I'm taking a rest from watering the rows of winter vegetable seedlings while nature helps out.
ReplyDeleteLovely shots. My kids love chasing butterflies.
ReplyDeleteOoh, so pretty. I love the color contrasts.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind comments everyone! Donna, you made my day! :)
ReplyDeleteWow, these are fantastic photos. So many beautiful insects, all in one place. You must have been very patient to capture so many.
ReplyDeleteHow do you get those butterflies to stay still for you? I'm finally seeing more in our garden, but they leave as soon as I start to take a picture and I'll I get is a blur. You get a nice variety. The hummingbird moth is really neat.
ReplyDeletesb: What a wonderful series of insects, your butterflies are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos. Lucky you to get a hawk moth and a painted lady. I've planted all the right plants and still have no hawk moths this year.
ReplyDeleteMarnie
Your images are won-der-ful! Some could become a great cards. I need to study my camera!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful photographs. Butterflies seem so fragile and their patterns and colours are amazing. The Hummingbird Moth is incredible!
ReplyDeleteI have never seen a Hummingbird Moth sit still like that. Great photos!--Randy
ReplyDeleteAll exquisite, Sweet Bay! Thanks for including the dark phase female too. I have trouble telling the difference with the Eastern black and this female. You have quite a good assortment there. Ours have been moving too fast to capture an image as they visit the buddleias. Well done! :-)
ReplyDeleteFrances
Great pics of the Hummingbird Moth! It's rare to see a shot of one resting.
ReplyDeleteI think you were right about my blog pic of the Black Swallowtail. The Tiger Swallowtail is usually not that dark.
So truly beautiful. Must be paradise får butterflies and other guests.
ReplyDeleteI so enjoyed seeing all your butterflies. My favorite is the female Tiger in her black dress.
ReplyDeleteShe is gorgeous!
Sherry
So many wondeful shots!
ReplyDeleteI've gotten two butterflies all summer - I need to try harder. :)
What a lot of beautiful butterfly-
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Wonderful collection of butterfly photos. I haven't seen many in the garden this year, not sure why.
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ReplyDeleteConnie I have heard many people north of here comment on the lack of butterflies; perhaps the cooler weather has kept them further south this year?
Your photos are wonderful! I know how hard it is to get a good clear, focused shot of all these insects, and you do it so well! The hummingbird moth on the leaf is so clear. Wow!
ReplyDeleteJust this morning I was trying to get a good picture of one. It can be frustrating! :) I also got shots of a Tiger Swallowtail. It was actually being quite cooperative, but the strong breeze wasn't!
I love seeing all the different bees too. I could spend a lot of time chasing insects ;)
Thank you Kerri. :) Some insects were definitely easier to get shots of than others! The fact that so many insects congregate on the Pepperbush and Buddleia makes shots a lot easier than they would otherwise be.
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