I have more posts about the zoo at Tacoma, WA, but want to keep up with the critters back home, too. I had several interesting walks this week with bugs, butterflies and other critters that fly.
I think the Eastern Pondhawk female is one of my favorite dragonflies, because I love the beautiful green color.
When I got the photos on the computer at home, I found that I caught her munching on a fly(?).
Crunch, gulp....almost gone!
I think this is a Halloween Pennant male. I just looked on-line to find out the difference. This one has reddish markings on the tail area and those reddish bars on the wing edges. Kelly at Red and the Peanut had a beautiful female in her blog which looks golden on the tail area and lacks the bars. I hope I got these right.
Mr. big green grasshopper.....
.....a different sort of smaller green hopper. I like the way the back looks like a blade of grass.
These yellow flowers were very busy with all sorts of bugs....bees, lightening bugs, and wasps mostly.
Speaking of wasps....these two were....uh.....busy! I like how the one on the bottom continues to feed......
.....and they fly around together while connected! Always something new and different to be seen when you have a camera with you!
Many of the butterflies were really torn up. A torn Monarch.
I've never photographed this butterfly/moth before and do not know its name yet. I DID buy a butterfly book....honest....but I haven't had time to look it up. I think I'm more confused now that I have a book then I was without one!
Tried to find this one.....an Azure of some sort? It was much bigger than the little Eastern Tailed Blue, but I definitely saw blue inside the wings.
Several Buckeyes flying around.
A flat out pose, even if not from a good angle. These are all right along the side of a pond, and I kept thinking any time I was going to be be busy taking a photo and step off the side of the hill into the water!
Pearl Crescent whole.....
.......torn.
I think the Eastern Pondhawk female is one of my favorite dragonflies, because I love the beautiful green color.
When I got the photos on the computer at home, I found that I caught her munching on a fly(?).
Crunch, gulp....almost gone!
I think this is a Halloween Pennant male. I just looked on-line to find out the difference. This one has reddish markings on the tail area and those reddish bars on the wing edges. Kelly at Red and the Peanut had a beautiful female in her blog which looks golden on the tail area and lacks the bars. I hope I got these right.
Mr. big green grasshopper.....
.....a different sort of smaller green hopper. I like the way the back looks like a blade of grass.
These yellow flowers were very busy with all sorts of bugs....bees, lightening bugs, and wasps mostly.
Speaking of wasps....these two were....uh.....busy! I like how the one on the bottom continues to feed......
.....and they fly around together while connected! Always something new and different to be seen when you have a camera with you!
Many of the butterflies were really torn up. A torn Monarch.
I've never photographed this butterfly/moth before and do not know its name yet. I DID buy a butterfly book....honest....but I haven't had time to look it up. I think I'm more confused now that I have a book then I was without one!
Tried to find this one.....an Azure of some sort? It was much bigger than the little Eastern Tailed Blue, but I definitely saw blue inside the wings.
Several Buckeyes flying around.
A flat out pose, even if not from a good angle. These are all right along the side of a pond, and I kept thinking any time I was going to be be busy taking a photo and step off the side of the hill into the water!
Pearl Crescent whole.....
.......torn.
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12 comments:
Great Critter pictures, Mary. You caught those two wasps in the act, didn't you???? ha ha... Beautiful butterflies.
Hugs,
Betsy
These are wonderful pictures of Nature!! Our butterflies are getting ragged looking, too.
Beautiful green dragonfly! Lovely nature observations.
Betsy: At first I thought I was seeing some sort of a clear-winged critter, until I realized it was two critters connected!
Dorothy: Sometimes I wonder how they can still fly when the wings are so torn up.
April: My favorite! Thanks!
WOW! You've really got into your bugs Mary. Lovely photos. That sandy coloured one with the pink edges is a moth by the looks of it. I love that big green Grasshopper, what a face! (-:
I think the buckeye butterfly is one of the prettiest...have always liked them. And you got some really great captures here besides it.
That's a lovely assortment of critters.By looking at your photos,I agree it pays to have the camera ready.
Blessings,Ruth
Outstanding shots Mary. Your macros are perfect! I didn't realize how big those Dragonflies can get!
B.
All of these photos are absolutely wonderful. The detail you've captured is simply amazing.
Jenny: For some reason that grasshopper makes me think of Aesop's Fables stories about grasshoppers. He just seems to have a personality...very dapper looking.
Rose: The Buckeye was a lot smaller than I realized. I chased it around a lot before I got anything.
Ruth: I seldom leave home without the camera any more....always regret it when I do!
Becky: This dragonfly isn't particularly large. I think the photos just make it look that way.
George: Thanks....I keep trying and photography has certainly opened my eyes more clearly to what I see.
Wow, these are all great! My favorite is the azure butterfly sitting on the yellow flower.
I'll be paying more attention to the butterflies now. I've never seen one 'torn' before. Do you know what would cause that?
Your macro shots are perfect!
Lindy: I wish I could have seen the inside of the Azure other then in flight. As fragile as their wings are I'm sure it can be a combination of things: preditors (I've seen cats catch them and other animals must eat them), hit by cars, people catching them, age, the wind, branches of trees, even sharp edged grass.
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