Northern crescent butterfly ( Phyciodes cocyta ) by larose forest photos


10-JUN-2015	Christine Hanrahan

On this particular day, there were dozens of these small fast-flying orange butterflies in all the open areas of the site.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/1300s f/4.0 at 103.7mm iso160 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

Carol Rollins		13-Jun-2015 13:20
Beautiful!

Tom LeRoy		13-Jun-2015 11:16
Beautiful capture of the wide open wings and the details. V

Isabel Cutler		13-Jun-2015 00:13
What a beauty! Lucky you spotting it.

Terry Sprague		12-Jun-2015 23:41
Love the crescents. I rescued a Tiger Swallowtail today that had flown into the garage , trying to escape via closed window. V

Carl Carbone		12-Jun-2015 22:50
Great catch!

globalgadabout		12-Jun-2015 22:46
gorgeous colours and markings on this one..

pkocinski		12-Jun-2015 22:45
I don't think I've seen a butterfly in my area yet...

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