When I do take some photos, I don't seem to get them posted. So here are a bunch that I have taken over the past month all jumbled together. We took a drive over to Henderson, KY to the "butterfly road". In July, this gravel road seems to attract butterflies, so as Mike drives along, I get out and walk along and take photos.
A couple of Hackberry Emperors.
There is a creek where we usually see some Jewelwing Damselflies. This trip we only found the females which are not as deeply colored as the males. The one above with wings partly open and below just sitting.
A Silvery Checkerspot...I think.
Above, the closed view of the Question Mark and below with its wings open. Quite a difference.
A fairly ragged looking Red Admiral above and below another one.
The Red-spotted Purple Admiral . Saw several of these, some in good shape and some very ragged. I guess that is the downside to hanging around on gravel roads.
An American Snout. I never seems to see them open.
On a trip to Bluegrass FWA I admired the acres of Sunflowers and wished I could pick a few heads to take home with me.
I hope to get back out here soon and look for finches on the flowers.
In my own yard, I noticed that the tall Phlox was attracting a bunch of Tiger Swallowtail butterflies.
I think these black swallowtails are the black female version of the Tiger.
A skink on the side of my house. We are about to have a new roof put on....groan....and since my house is mostly shingles, that is a major undertaking. Will probably make the skinks very unhappy with all the activity.
At the wetlands we saw a large frog....
....and several little tiny ones.
This muskrat was on the bank where he chomped this long piece of grass and then dragged it into the water to sit and eat it. They also like to eat the duckweed on the water.
At a local park a Sulphur butterfly
Some ducks on the lake.
Eastern Tailed Blue
Widow Skimmer male.
I guess I had better stop....this is getting long. I'll try not to take so long before posting more photos.
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9 comments:
Wow, oh, wow! You sure have a lot to show! I love them and have not even clicked to expand the view but I am going to before I leave.
PS...meant to say I took photos of a Hackberry Emperor today, I think. I haven't posted pics but looks like yours from what I remember.
WOW! That was a wonderful variety of critters to show us today. Loved all the bttterflies and I had never seen a Muskrat so that was brilliant,
Superb butterfly images Mary. Quite a collection.
What a collection you shared! I`ve never seen a muskrat up that close, great photos! phyllis
Oh,I hadn't noticed that it was a long post.I was just enjoying all the beauty in the butterflies,and other critters.
Great series of photos Mary, those colors are beautiful on the butterflies.
what a variety of photos - enjoyed them all - i especially like the frog ones since for some reason which i don't understand i never see one when i'm out in nature. thinking maybe they don't live in the mountains.
Amazing butterflies in this post and the next! Love the muskrat! Very cool post! I always CAN'T WAIT to get my photos posted, but I guess that's because I don't get that many really good ones, and when I do I am super anxious to share. Right now I have a TON to get posted though, and that's unusual! Hope you are doing well!
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