The Butterfly

[Sandy]

This butterfly posed for me, usually they flutter away. Taken with my new 20D
18-55.

http://sandra.smugmug.com/photos/18290132-L.jpg

[Khaos]

Very sharp. Even though its made as cheaply as possible, that kit lens takes some nice shots doesn't it?

Not to be a stickler, but I believe that's a moth. Amazingly there are so many beautiful moths out there. Many get mistaken as butterflies

[Khaos]

In the words of Gildna Radner's Miss Emily Latilla, never mind.

It is a butterfly, looks to be an Eastern Tiger Swallow Tail

[jwear]

there is a way to tell butterfly from moth ,at rest one has wings up and the other wings out flat. moth I think is out flat and butterfly is up .but this very fine shot i agree is a butterfly not all rules are in concrete Jeff

[pathfinder]

there is a way to tell butterfly from moth ,at rest one has wings up and the other wings out flat. moth I think is out flat and butterfly is up .but this very fine shot i agree is a butterfly not all rules are in concrete Jeff


It is indeed a swallowtail - possilbly a Pale Tiger Swallowtail in the Nat Audubon Society Field Guide. I cannot find a listing there for an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail at all so that may be another name as well.

Swallowtails are common in the midwest - and a great subject for a DSLR
http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/6282606-L.jpg

[Skippy]

This butterfly posed for me, usually they flutter away. Taken with my new 20D
18-55.


Hi Sandy......... Lovely Butterfly you have there.
I put in some plants that attract butterflies to do their complete life cycle on, I put in 3 Swan Plants with the hope that just one would survive, and all three survived :clap these are know to attract the Monarch, we had them as kids, so hopefully this Spring the Monarchs will have sniffed my plants out and will move in :D dats da plan :wink yup da master plan so I can take Pics :photo

Thanks for sharing Sandy....... Skippy (Australia)

[Sandy]

Thank you for the comments. The point on the bottom of the butterfly's (moths) wing was gone, but the grass hit exactly the right spot so that it looks complete. Anyway I love butterflies and spring, not too many Monarchs this year. This could be a moth because of the wing shape. Pathfinder's butterfly rocks. The wings more like a butterfly's wings. I'm having a good time with the 20D.