Butterflies

[alfredo]

I believe these are Orange Sulfur Butterfly, and Red Admiral Butterfly.
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[elleng]

1. SPECTACULAR, alfredo!

[alfredo]

3. Thanks

[NV Whino]

2. Oooo, that orange sulfur is luscious.

Beautiful shots.

[alfredo]

4. Thanks. That was the best of at least eight photos.

[Solly Mack]

5. Cool shots. Love the eyes.

The Sulphur is killer.

[alfredo]

6. Thanks. Having AF extension tubes makes all the difference.

[Solly Mack]

7. Probably.

[alfredo]

8. It ups your chances of getting good focus.

[Solly Mack]

10. That's always good.

[alfredo]

12. The butterflies know they are tasty so they don't hold still for long.

[Solly Mack]

17. Tempted, are you?

I can usually control myself.

[alfredo]

18. I only eat the white ones, they seem more pure.

[Solly Mack]

21. or maybe rare

[alfredo]

22. It takes a lot to make a meal. That could be why they are rare.

[Solly Mack]

27. I've watched geckos eat moths.

and anoles eat flies.

Skinks have recently begun roaming about the house and chasing the anoles away. Not sure what they eat. They aren't very friendly.

A luna moth got into the house several weeks back and it took hours to lure it back outside. I snapped a few photos of it but they look like every other photo of a luna moth, so nothing special.

We're getting more snakes this year. They've been harmless, so far.

The hawk attacks have been worse too. I've seen a dove and a goldfinch carried off.

Lots of spiders this year. Mostly wolf spiders and wild tarantulas.

The deer have been coming around more, as well as foxes.

The wild horses are venturing closer to people.

Probably all related to the dry winter and cooler than normal spring. It was also a wetter than normal during spring.

[Blue_In_AK]

16. Are you using the extension tubes

on a telephoto lens? I had pretty good luck last year photographing butterflies and such using an extension tube with the 70-200 lens.

[alfredo]

19. Yes, they are AF extension tubes, so none of that manual focus.

with the 4/3 sensor, my 40~150mm becomes an 80~300mm.

[Blue_In_AK]

9. Nice!

[alfredo]

13. Thanks.

[brer cat]

11. Very nice shots, alfredo. nt

[alfredo]

14. Thanks.

[bluesbassman]

15. Very nice!

You have them well trained to pose for you like that!

[alfredo]

20. I promised them ice cream.

[oldandhappy]

23. stunning, thank you. so close!

[alfredo]

24. Thanks

[tomm2thumbs]

25. Beautifully captured and no doubt a thousand times more work than one would imagine

Thanks for sharing that effort with us!!! Amazingly gorgeous

[alfredo]

26. Thanks. Several things came together. First was good light, second was low wind.

The third was, a bunch of other bees and butterflies buzzing and fluttering around, distracting my subject long enough to capture the photo.

[tomm2thumbs]

28. Great work 99% -- and great luck at 1%

<grin>

[OldEurope]

29. Beautiful pics!

May I ask:
Is "sulfur butterfly" the same species as "brimstone butterfly"? An English vs. American difference?

In German we call the latter Zitronenfalter, as a lemon is much more appreciated than that toxic sulphur.

[alfredo]

30. Not sure, but regional names can confuse.

Rely on scientific names.

[OldEurope]

31. So here you are:

Colias eurytheme: Orange Sulphur Butterfly, living in South America
and
Gonepteryx rhamni: Zitronenfalter, living in Europe, Asia and Noth West Africa

Thanks again for the opportunity to learn something!

[alfredo]

32. So they probably were one species until after Africa and South America parted ways.