In the interest of keeping to the theme of this week’s challenge, here’s another not very relaxed but most beautiful of bugs caught between wing-beats. Incidentally I have been chasing the huge yellow and blue Tigertail butterflies all year in the hope of getting a good shot. They dance around in the air in very erratic patterns, like big Chinese paper birds, and they are seldom still, so this was a rare capture indeed. Possibly even more rare, was the fact that this fellow happened also to be completely intact. No tattered wings, and all colours showing. Now I can breathe out and relax in the knowledge that my mission is complete.
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Again … WOW~!
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Thank you, Argie! 🙂
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Lovely catch: the lavender flowers provide a great visual counterpoint to the yellow of the swallowtail’s wings
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Thank you! These guys look like Swallowtails, but it’s a Tigertail and native to Maryland where I live. 🙂
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you, Doug!
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I forgot to ask. Do you know the species?
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Ah, sorry.Just saw your comment about.
Tigertail.
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Yes, we have both Swallowtails and Tigertails. The Swallowtails are much the same, but black with blue markings, also quite prevalent here but even more illusive than the Tigertails!
Not sure if I’ve managed to get any Swallowtails on camera. I have though, got a raft of bee shots and a couple of moths.
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