Chillin' Butterfly

[JOAT]

What can I say, I was enjoying my lunch break and got some decent pics Not sure what kind of butterfly this is but it one of the more prettier ones out there

 

[JTHphoto]

beautiful shots, i especially like the second one... love the soft bg and greens... :thumbup:

 

[LaFoto]

... love the soft bg and greens... :thumbup:

What?
You do, too ?!?!? (Is loving this kind of green infectious and spreading???)













And are you sure this one's a moth?
Not a kind of butterfly?

 

[SQUACKS]

what you have here is a butterfly and not a moth. i am not sure of the variety but it's one of the blues. a moth has a feathery looking antennae and your butterfly does not.

nice shots by the way!

luck!

 

[JTHphoto]

What?
You do, too ?!?!? (Is loving this kind of green infectious and spreading???)

yes, i think i have been infected... (but in a good way, right?!) i like all colors, but the green bg in that second photo is particulary pleasing...

 

[JOAT]

what you have here is a butterfly and not a moth. i am not sure of the variety but it's one of the blues. a moth has a feathery looking antennae and your butterfly does not.

nice shots by the way!

luck!

Thanx guys I was quite pleased with these.

Squacks: I realized that after doing some searching may be some sort of Icaricia? I tried to edit the main title but it didn't change.

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

very cool, great close up exposure!

 

[LaFoto]

...I tried to edit the main title but it didn't change.

I could change it for you.
What word would you want to have there?

 

[JOAT]

I could change it for you.
What word would you want to have there?

Thanx Lafoto!

ummm, how about "Chillin' Butterfly". Can't think of anything else.

 

[JTHphoto]

Thanx guys I was quite pleased with these.

Squacks: I realized that after doing some searching may be some sort of Icaricia? I tried to edit the main title but it didn't change.

This page had some ID's that looked that pretty close... especially the "Blues" at the bottom of the page... http://www.rlephoto.com/butterflies/000gossamerwings.htm

 

[JOAT]

JTH: Awesome, I appreciate the link, from what I see the closest seems to be the
Boisduval's Blue (Plebejus icarioides)
http://www.rlephoto.com/butterflies/blue_boisduvals/index.htm

THey look so similar and it's hard to tell them apart....guess I should learn

 

[JTHphoto]

JTH: Awesome, I appreciate the link...

THey look so similar and it's hard to tell them apart....guess I should learn

that's what i thought too... then i came across this "Key" that is supposed to explain how to ID them... :er: it's all way over my head, i was looking up words in the dictionary left and right... http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/ndmoths/key.htm


i used this page to ID some butterflies that I shot a few weeks ago --> http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm. It was pretty helpful.

 

[LaFoto]

Title changed.
Sorry that it took me so long but I had to go to bed and get a bit of beauty sleep first . (Not that that helps ... )

 

[Holly]

Beautiful butterfly, great shot!

 

[RoRoCo]

Very surreal loking butterfly. Beuatiful shots. I don't have a favorite...they are both great.