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Category Archives: butterflies
This Morning Before the Rain…
I went on a prairie walk at Tipton Prairie in Greene County, Iowa. The prairie was quite spectacular today. The vegetation that is found there is quite rare. This is a fiery skipper. I think this flower fly is Toxomerus … Continue reading
Posted in gray hairstreak, insects, rural scenics, Uncategorized
Tagged autumn, macro photography
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Hanging with the bad boys…
I went out to take some butterfly photos today and came across this butterfly at the edge of the parking lot. This is a fiery skipper. You make the bad jokes.
Some Common Butterflies
I spent a little time today and on Tuesday taking photographs of butterflies. I was not in any special habitat, and the butterflies I saw were pretty common. Still, I had fun doing it. This was a common buckeye. This … Continue reading
Size in Butterflies
In “The Princess Bride” there was an encounter with “rodents of unusual size.” Today I had an encounter with a butterfly of unusual size. I have photographed a lot of butterflies over the past several years, and having done so … Continue reading
More Bugs from Yesterday and Today
Little yellow on smart weed. Velvet ant investigating the nest of a ground dwelling bee or wasp. Since it is wingless, it is a female. Robber fly, female. Efferia sp.? Tawny-edged skipper on bergamot. Often butterflies that look like this … Continue reading
More Time in the Prairie
I spent some time at Medora Prairie in Warren County today, photographing butterflies, getting my head on straight, and scratching my legs on the raspberries. I got a good look at a little yellow as I went in. These common … Continue reading
Posted in Biological diversity, butterflies, little yellow
Tagged macro photography, prairies
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Fourth of July Butterfly Irruption
We have had a strange combination of dry weather followed by very heavy rains here in Iowa. We are also in the midst of an irruption (an extreme increase in the population size) of painted lady butterflies. After the rains, … Continue reading
A Better Day for Butterflies
I have been a little disappointed this year with my butterfly photography. To get good butterfly photographs you have to have a good habitat for them. I moved this spring, and I have had a hard time finding some good … Continue reading
Posted in butterflies, Silver-spotted skipper, Uncategorized
Tagged butterflies, macro photography, nature
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Ring of Life
I was putting my trash dumpster back under my deck this afternoon and saw what I thought was a small plastic ring on the ground, surrounding some moss that was strangely lush and green. But it wasn’t a ring, it … Continue reading
Posted in butterflies, insects
Tagged backyard biodiversity, macro photography, moss
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Phototherapy
I love to take my camera out into the wild and take pictures–mostly closeups of bugs and such. I find it refreshes me mentally and physically. So it is therapy. Since I am taking photos, I call it phototherapy. Yesterday … Continue reading
Posted in Biological diversity, butterflies, invertebrates, Uncategorized
Tagged macro photography, phototherapy
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