These small butterflies are very plentiful in our area but almost never sit long enough to get a good shot of them. For more information about this species of butterfly, visit this page. Original
Tag Archives: insects A Bumble Bee visits one of the flowers in the back yard. While grabbing the nectar it seeks, it also unknowingly spreads the pollen from previously visited flowers, stuck to its legs, to this flower, ensuring the prosperity of the garden continues on. For more information on bees, visit this page Original  I’ve been seeing more and more of these Silver Spotted Skipper Butterflies around the pond in the the past few weeks. They have been driving the frogs crazy. One frog ended up in the butterfly bush after leaping up out of the waterfall and missing his intended butterfly target. I haven’t seen a frog have...  Found this fellow in the back yard today while photographing birds. At first I thought it was just a really big Bumble Bee but after taking a closer look and observing the way it hovered in front of the flowers and not landing on them, I realized this is a Snowberry clearwing Hummingbird Moth. They...  More pond side fun with the Sigma 50-500mm at 500mm on Saturday. This Moth landed on a rock at the side of the pond and hid between the plants as if I couldn’t see him there. I have no idea what kind of Moth it is. He is sporting only a single antennae. Original  More pond side fun with the Sigma 50-500mm today. I wanted to get a head on shot of one of these Blue Dasher Dragonflies. This is about as shallow a depth of field as you can get with that lens. Maybe a bit too shallow. There isn’t a whole lot on these dragonfly bodies to...  I tried using the Sigma 50-500mm at about 420mm for some Butterfly and Dragonfly shots by the pond today with mixed results. This is one of the better shots of the male Blue Dasher Dragonfly I came up with. There are about six of these as regular residents at the pond. For more information on... |
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