Butterflies

  • London 2020 Airshow

Butterflies

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  • Looks and moves like a humming bird.
  • A Monarch Butterfly early October.
  • This Butterfly is a Cabbage White.
  • The Common Buckeye is not very common in Southern Ontario. Shot at 1/800, f14 and flash used.
  • This American Lady was photographed with a flash and camera settings of 1/1250 and f-18.
  • Mourning Cloak Butterfly.
  • Mourning Cloak Butterfly.
  • Monarch Butterfly.
  • The Orange Sulphur butterfly is very erratic and I find a challenge to get good photo of.
  • American Lady Butterfly.
  • This Black Swallowtail Butterfly was a tad bit beat up, but still magnificent. Taken early September.
  • Same Black Swallowtail. Shot at 1/1000 and F20.
  • The Northern Crescent is a small butterfly and has orange antenna tips.
  • The Northern Crescent. Shot at f20, 1/320 with a flash.
  • The Red Spotted Purple is quite common in South Ontario. Almost looks like a Blue Morph when the wings are open.
  • The Giant Swallowtail Butterfly.
  • The Hummingbird Moth. So cool.
  • The Hummingbird Moth. So cool.
  • The Hummingbird Moth.
  • The Hummingbird Moth.
  • The Giant Swallowtail Butterfly.
  • The Black Swallowtail.
  • The Giant Swallowtail Butterfly.
  • This is an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
  • The Giant Swallowtail Butterfly.
  • The Giant Swallowtail Butterfly.
  • The Black Swallowtail.
  • The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly.
  • The Black Swallowtail.
  • A Monarch butterfly.
  • This I believe is the caterpillar of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly.
  • These I believe are the caterpillars of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly.
  • The Hummingbird Moth
  • Sometimes called a Clearwing Moth. Shot at 1/160 sec shudder speed, f13, with a flash.
  • This is a Red Admiral.
  • A Great Spangled Fritterly.
  • An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
  • A Monarch Butterfly.
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
  • A Blue Morph wings up.
  • A Blue Morph. Taken at the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory.
  • This was photographed in mid May. It is a Painted Lady.
  • Taken at the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory.
  • The Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly. ISO 640, f14, shutter speed 1/500 and used flash.
  • This is likely a Clouded Sulphur, Shot with the settings 1/800, f16, iso 640.
  • This one flew like a hummingbird but looks like a Skipper Butterfly.
  • A dull grey day but my flash equipment allows a shot. f16, iso 1000, shutter speed 200.
  • This is an Orange Sulphur butterfly. Shot in mid September.
  • This I believe to be a Canadian Tiger Swallow Tail butterfly. Camera on manual, 1/800. f14. Flash used.
  • An Orange Sulphur getting some nectar.
  • Monarch Butterfly.
  • Monarch Butterfly. Shot with camera set at F-13, 1/640. iso 640.
  • This photo was taken in Kentucky.
  • Very easy to spot if you know how to see them.
  • Red-spotted Purple Butterfly with wings down.
  • A Red-spotted Purple butterfly with wings up.
  • Photo taken in Kentucky. Some sort of Fritterly I think.
  • A Painted Lady.
  • Another Painted Lady.
  • An Orange Sulphur.
  • A Clouded Sulphur.
  • Two Monarchs.
  • A Painted Lady face planting a flower.
  • Taken at the Ojibway Conservation area in Windsor.
  • The Monarchs are migrating south, and are stopping for a meal.
  • A Monarch Butterfly.
  • Monarch Butterfly.
  • The Viceroy looks similar to a Monarch.
  • A Viceroy again.
  • A Back Swallowtail Butterfly.
  • Eastern Swallow Tail Butterfly.
  • The Viceroy.
  • This is a Red Spotted Purple.
  • This is a Red Spotted Purple.
  • A Great Spangled Friterly.
  • A Viceroy.
  • Always a challenge getting good depth of field.
  • Waterloo Butterfly Conservatory
    A Blue Morpth.
  • Waterloo Butterfly Conservatory
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This is my Butterfly and Moth page. There are so many different species of butterflies just in Southern Ontario that it staggers the mind. They are often very difficult to photograph because they move erratic and quick.