Great spangled fritillary ( Speyeria cybele ) by larose forest photos


25-JUL-2017	Christine Hanrahan

Lots of these beautiful orange butterflies at the Reveler site today. This one is nectaring on the thistle Carduus acanthoides.

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LynnH		26-Jul-2017 21:47
What a beauty! Very lovely! V

Don		26-Jul-2017 21:02
Wonderful summer exuberance to have lots of these around.

Hennie & Lies Lammers		26-Jul-2017 11:10
Great find and a nice shot of it. V

Anitta		26-Jul-2017 03:54
What a beautiful capture, Christine! V

joseantonio		26-Jul-2017 03:23
love the contrast with the flower.V.

joseantonio		26-Jul-2017 03:23
love the contrast with the flower.V.

Pierre Martin		26-Jul-2017 02:21
splendid picture greatly detailed and beautifully composed!

Terry Sprague		26-Jul-2017 00:26
Wonderful! I've been seeing the smaller Atlantic .. love the Great Spangled! VV

Dwight Rankine		25-Jul-2017 23:50
Beautiful shot! BV

Hank Vander Velde		25-Jul-2017 23:39
Excellent sharp closeup of it perched on a thistle flower Christine.

Jim Coffman		25-Jul-2017 23:14
A lovely capture of this gorgeous butterfly!

Helen Betts		25-Jul-2017 22:46
Marvelous color and light in this beautiful capture. V.

globalgadabout		25-Jul-2017 22:34
a honey of a butterfly...the name takes me back to childhood, when Spangles were a favourite candy treat...

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