What a beautiful Giant Swallowtail. Large and beautiful. These large swallowtails look like small birds when they are flying. Amazing.
~ Rick
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I believe the Hackberry Emperor is the most friendly of all butterflies. We have had them follow us on long hikes, often lanading on us. We even had one land on our hands and stay there while we made a video of it.
Last week we were hiking when we crossed paths with this couple that asked if we wanted a picture of this butterfly that was on the husbands back. Teresa took this picture. As soon as they said the butterfly had been on his back for some time, I knew it was a Hackberry Emperor .. even before I saw the butterfly. Funny and cool.
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I do not recall photographing one of these before. I think it is a Northern Pearly-eye Butterfly. It never closed its wings so I could see the other side. At first I thought it was a Wood Nymph. Glad I captured this photo.
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I saw a couple quotes about butterflies recently. The first one: “Take time to be a butterfly.” (Gillian Duce).
Why would you want to be like a butterfly? This is the second quote: “If nothing ever changed, there would be no such things as butterflies.” (Wendy Mass).
Butterflies don’t start their live as the beautiful creatures that we love to watch float across the lawn. Change is part of their existance.
I love the fact that we can change. Becoming the best ‘you’ is a process of change. Enjoy the process!!!
This photo: A few weeks back I wrote about the difference between the Viceroy and the Monarch Butterfly. I wanted to share a couple recent Viceroy photos. They may not have the story of the Monarch, but they are still so beautiful.
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I have shot more photos of Widow Skimmers and other ‘bugs’ this year than any summer in the past. I am enjoying the amazing details in these crazy looking creatures. Perhaps I am becoming a bug photographer. 🤯
This photo has so many different textures, colors and the details are amazing. I took a second photo of the same Skimmer, just in a different spot and lush greens in the background.
The last photo is another Widow Skimmer, but this one is a female (the top two are males). This photo lacks the textures but has great details of the skimmer.
I often think that when I upload these photos to the web I am loosing some image quality. I need to dig into this and understand it better. I am certain these photos look better on my ipad before I upload them. If you want a copy, email or DM me and I will email you a full resolution image. They are really cool.
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