Summertime & Butterflies

angelas · 01-20-2013, 10:45 PM

I was wondering if we have any butterfly enthusiasts on the board. I have two pictures of butterflies I snapped last year and I've never identified a species. Previously I've been content with just thinking they are pretty, now I'm kinda wondering what they actually are. Anybody know?

llombardo · 01-20-2013, 11:18 PM

Shortly after my mom passed a couple butterflies were around us all the time. As a family we have taken a special liking to them. The one in the picture I attached was around for a long time. It fluttered around us and landed very near us. My sister was able to touch it and pick it up and it stayed in her hands and she is convinced it was something to do with our mom...She got a tattoo artist to put this butterfly right above her heart...it turned out beautiful.

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arycrest · 01-21-2013, 12:01 AM

The pictures are beautiful!!! I don't have any pictures, but I like butterflies. I have a bush with white flowers that attracts them.

angelas · 01-21-2013, 02:17 PM

Thank you arycrest. These were just chance captures. The orange one is actually the only payment I got for driving the golf courses beer cart around for 4 hours. I caught it on my Blackberry outside the club house after a restock.

The brown one I caught in the back yard, literally. I have no idea how it got inside the mosquito netting but I ran in to grab my camera before I shoo'ed it out of the gazebo.

llombardo - that is a beautiful butterfly and a beautiful story

These were just unusual because about the only butterflies we really see around here are the little fluttery pastel blue and yellow ones that come from little green inch "worms."

Piper'sgrl · 01-21-2013, 02:28 PM

The first pic your captured is very beautiful indeed but not a butterfly..its a moth. What species I'm not sure but i do know its not a butterfly. As for the second pic..I think that IS a butterfly..as for what species I dont know. Sorry I couldnt help you more but I like your pics

Nigel · 01-21-2013, 02:34 PM

I found this site in order to identify one in my yard. As far as your pics, I think the second one is a white admiral, that's my best guess anyways. Here's the link. Image Gallery | Butterflies and Moths of North America

angelas · 01-21-2013, 02:57 PM

Thank you Nigel, that website rocks.

Brownie does indeed look like a White Admiral. The orange one looks like a Milbert's Tortioseshell like here

Just looking through there are some very beautiful butterflies in NA. I was actually pretty proud of myself for sticking around to actually take those pictures. Me and bugs do not usually mix well (Think stereotypical 1950s woman screaming about bats in her hair and you have my general relationship with moths).

Nigel · 01-21-2013, 03:30 PM

I think your right, it does look like the Milberts Tortioseshell. I looked a little myself, but after a bit, my eyes started going a little wonky.

ksotto333 · 01-21-2013, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Nigel

I found this site in order to identify one in my yard. As far as your pics, I think the second one is a white admiral, that's my best guess anyways. Here's the link. Image Gallery | Butterflies and Moths of North America

Thanks for this great link..
I had this moth on my screen last summer...

01-20-2013, 10:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
angelas Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: East Central SK Posts: 1,651	Summertime & Butterflies I was wondering if we have any butterfly enthusiasts on the board. I have two pictures of butterflies I snapped last year and I've never identified a species. Previously I've been content with just thinking they are pretty, now I'm kinda wondering what they actually are. Anybody know?

01-20-2013, 11:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
llombardo Crowned Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,134	Shortly after my mom passed a couple butterflies were around us all the time. As a family we have taken a special liking to them. The one in the picture I attached was around for a long time. It fluttered around us and landed very near us. My sister was able to touch it and pick it up and it stayed in her hands and she is convinced it was something to do with our mom...She got a tattoo artist to put this butterfly right above her heart...it turned out beautiful. http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...attach/jpg.gif Attached Thumbnails __________________ Misty- Samoyed Mix Tannor- Golden Retriever CGC Robyn- German Shepherd CGC Midnite-German Shepherd "A dog is the only thing on this earth that loves you more than he loves himself."

01-21-2013, 12:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
arycrest Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 9,032	The pictures are beautiful!!! I don't have any pictures, but I like butterflies. I have a bush with white flowers that attracts them. __________________ Gayle ... Slider, Bruiser & Faith At the Bridge: Andy, Abbey, Tasha, Tex, Echo, Yukon, JR, Too, Niki, Bo, Ringer, Kelly, Honey & Mac

01-21-2013, 02:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
Piper'sgrl Master Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Innerkip, Ontario Posts: 652	The first pic your captured is very beautiful indeed but not a butterfly..its a moth. What species I'm not sure but i do know its not a butterfly. As for the second pic..I think that IS a butterfly..as for what species I dont know. Sorry I couldnt help you more but I like your pics __________________ Piper ~01/16/2012

01-21-2013, 02:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
angelas Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: East Central SK Posts: 1,651	Thank you arycrest. These were just chance captures. The orange one is actually the only payment I got for driving the golf courses beer cart around for 4 hours. I caught it on my Blackberry outside the club house after a restock. The brown one I caught in the back yard, literally. I have no idea how it got inside the mosquito netting but I ran in to grab my camera before I shoo'ed it out of the gazebo. llombardo - that is a beautiful butterfly and a beautiful story These were just unusual because about the only butterflies we really see around here are the little fluttery pastel blue and yellow ones that come from little green inch "worms."

01-21-2013, 02:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
Nigel Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,627	I found this site in order to identify one in my yard. As far as your pics, I think the second one is a white admiral, that's my best guess anyways. Here's the link. Image Gallery \| Butterflies and Moths of North America

01-21-2013, 02:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
angelas Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: East Central SK Posts: 1,651	Thank you Nigel, that website rocks. Brownie does indeed look like a White Admiral. The orange one looks like a Milbert's Tortioseshell like here Just looking through there are some very beautiful butterflies in NA. I was actually pretty proud of myself for sticking around to actually take those pictures. Me and bugs do not usually mix well (Think stereotypical 1950s woman screaming about bats in her hair and you have my general relationship with moths).

01-21-2013, 03:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
Nigel Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,627	I think your right, it does look like the Milberts Tortioseshell. I looked a little myself, but after a bit, my eyes started going a little wonky.

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