Last summer I photographed many of the butterflies on our property in order to identify them. One butterfly kept eluding me through the summer, though. I would catch a glimpse of it with the distinctive red-orange bands across it's wings and a bit of bright red or orange on the under side of its wings, then it would be gone.
Yesterday when I was looking through photos from last year, I discovered to my surprise, I had taken a few photos of it on April 9th--on the freshly planted pansies.
Not the greatest photos in the world, but I am happy to have found them and am hoping one of my readers will be able to identify the butterfly for me.
Linked to Macro Monday.
Thank you to Sivinden for indentying the butterfly as a Red Admiral. You can click on this link to see some stunning photos of this butterfly on her blog.
It's a Red Admiral. I took some pictures of it this summer too: http://sivinden.blogspot.com/2011/08/admiral.html
ReplyDeleteYour images are beautiful:)
The butterfly is so beautiful! and I love that photo on the header, amazingly gorgeous shot.
ReplyDeleteSivinden, Thanks so much! The closest I could come to identifying it was a painted lady and the wing markings weren't right for that.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Amiral (Vanessa atalanta)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots! I love pansies and the petals on those look like velvet, makes me want to touch them! :)
ReplyDeleteGood photos, Kateri. They inspired me to dig out my seed catalogs, and start marking the butterfly plants.
ReplyDeleteHi Kateri, Lovely with those Pansies! Have a great Tuesday tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteI see a lot of the admirals around here too. They are very pretty!
ReplyDeleteI only saw these butteflies a few times last summer--and it was always a fleeting glimpse. They are very pretty and distinctive though. This is the only time one hung around a long enough for photos and the funny thing is, I don't even remember taking them!
ReplyDeleteI admire you for how regularly you post in spite of what must be an incredibly busy life with both work and your farm... just stopped by today to wish you Happy Holidays and the very best i the New Year. I sure hope to be more regular at both visiting and blogging myself in 2012.
ReplyDeleteSpectacular images of the Red Admiral!
It is so enjoyable to see the flowers and the butterflies this time of the year! Very pretty!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful collection of butterflies and flowers.
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