Butterflies

  • 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