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Granite Springs Road

Pretty cold, just sitting there.

金斑喙凤蝶 摄于福建中部山区

Female presents her abdomen, by holding it high and fanning her wings during courtship. Then she egg immediately starts laying eggs.

Aberrant ventral dark grey markings

Super small! I had a difficult time in taking macro pictures due to focusing because it's so small. If I remember correctly about 5mm (maybe ± 2mm).

Monarch, foreign recapture
Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Essex Co., Ontario, Canada
Photo by Allen Chartier
Date Taken : 2003/09/20 15:21:05

Orugas de mariposa monarca en una sclepia acompañadas de pulgones

I'm seeing 3 species in this photo. This one is for the majority of them that look the same.

Female golden hairstreak on its hostplant, tanbark oak (Lithocarpus densiflorus), in Santa Barbara County, California

Hamadryas fornax

Female. Lots of activity amongst the strange, Bush Lupine-using Mission Blues

Only female/individual seen this day..

First Day of MB Survey. Check out 3rd shot: just another day at the office..;)

Second observed this Mission Blue Survey day.

I've never seen a Silvery Blue with so few round spots. They're completely missing on the forewing. Is this unusual?

Malibu Lagoon

The butterfly prey.

I saw the dorsal side briefly. Not long enough to remember details or to get a photo.

female being pestered by a male at a male coyote bush