Wednesday, August 26

Not the weather: Hoary and Cloudy

I'm really Jones-ing for another visit to Custer State Park, which I plan to do tomorrow. Gotta see the eye doc today...in the meantime here's a couple 'fly photos I hadn't shared...
This comma butterfly (hoary comma?) is on Canada thistle. The butterflies were really out and about that day. E Hills area last week.

This photo was taken in mid July at a muddy bend in a dirt road E of the Blk Hills, out in that farming area I like to visit. These sulphur butterflies were all over the mud. There were a lot more than seen here. They look like the clouded sulphur, which can be found all over South Dakota.

8 comments:

  1. The wing shape on the commas is beautiful.

    What a wonderful photo with all those golden butterflies at the puddle.
    Marnie

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  2. You do have a special "feel" for all God's critters and forms. We all learn by what you capture with a digital camera and then tell us facts about each in detail. Thank you for sharing and thank you for being YOU!! :)

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  3. The day we were all in Spearfish Canyon there were some tiny blue butterflies doing the same thing in a muddy spot along the creek. That's a neat picture.

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  4. What beautiful shots with so much color and patterns..a delightful post to view!!

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  5. waht a great shot of those yellow flutter-by's jann. Nice.

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  6. I really love the photo of the "comma butterfly"...it has never turned up in my yard...wish it would...it's beautiful Jann.
    The group of sulfurs is special too!

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  7. That's a nice shot of the comma, and I especially enjoyed the sulfurs, a species I don't get to see here.

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  8. The comma is a beauty, as are the sulfurs. I used to see sulfurs cluster here, but haven't in a while.

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