Beauty in the Bushes

[K9Kirk]

I spotted this beautiful little butterfly just this morning at my favorite lake. I don't know what kind it is, does anyone?

 

[jeffashman]

Technically, that's not a bush, but it's a beautiful shot of the butterfly. Well done!

 

[K9Kirk]

Technically, that's not a bush, but it's a beautiful shot of the butterfly. Well done!

Thanks, Jeff. Seemed like some kind of wild growing bush with blooms, it was about 7 ft tall. Any idea what it is?

 

[Scott Whaley]

Lovely shot. I have tried several times to get a shot of a butterfly to no avail.

 

[Jeff15]

Nice lookin flutterby......

 

[K9Kirk]

Lovely shot. I have tried several times to get a shot of a butterfly to no avail.

Thank you. They're one of the hardest things to capture but I got lucky with this one, it sat very still.

 

[jeffashman]

I spotted this beautiful little butterfly just this morning at my favorite lake. I don't know what kind it is, does anyone?

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An aster of some sort, but to fuzzy to identify. I was just being a bit pedantic is all.

 

[K9Kirk]

It's cool, no worries. I am curious to know and I believe you're right. I just saw some pics of some wild asters that hadn't bloomed yet and they looked identical. Good call.

 

[joelbolden]

The Butterfly is a White Peacock which has a range of Florida to North Texas. The plant is an Eastern Baccharis, which is native to Florida.

 

[Lez325]

I don't know the species- lovely shot I suspect a long focal length was used to capture this???


Les

 

[K9Kirk]

I don't know the species- lovely shot I suspect a long focal length was used to capture this???


Les

Thanks, Lez. I used my big Tamron but only at about 8 ft. distance. It was a little hard to get tack sharp focus with the wind blowing everything around but that's Florida for you, almost always a breeze. I usually pick my days to take picks of butterflies but I just happen to spot this one and couldn't pass it up since the beauty of it.