Bee, Moth, Butterfly and Spider

Pilotrob56

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• Sep 21, 2024

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Here are some I took over the last couple days

An Eastern Carpenter Bee

Orange Spotted Flower Moth

Urbanus, a Skipper Butterfly

A cellar spider, I usually see these under my front steps but this one was in the yard after a rain.

 

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• Sep 21, 2024

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Thanks very much for the lovely photos.

Do you get any photos of that butterfly with wings open? It has some interesting colors.

 

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macrouser said:

Thanks very much for the lovely photos.

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Do you get any photos of that butterfly with wings open? It has some interesting colors.

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This is the only other pic I could get before it flew away. They appear to have a blue/green color that covers the upper part of their body.

 

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• Sep 21, 2024

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Thanks. I don't know of any other butterfly with that color. The tips of the antenna are very long and curved to.

 

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• Sep 22, 2024

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macrouser said:

Thanks. I don't know of any other butterfly with that color. The tips of the antenna are very long and curved to.

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Me neither, it is a kind of plain brown till you look at the top of it. I will try and get a better shot of its top side if I can find another.

 

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• Sep 22, 2024

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macrouser said:

Thanks. I don't know of any other butterfly with that color. The tips of the antenna are very long and curved to.

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INaturalist has some pretty good pictures of them.

Genus Urbanus

Urbanus is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Jacob Hübner in 1807, placed to subtribe Eudamina. Species of the genus are found from the southern United States to South America. (Source: Wikipedia, 'Urbanus (butterfly)', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanus_(butterfly), CC BY-SA 3.0 ...

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• Sep 22, 2024

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Update: I was lucky today, it decided to make a return and I was able to gets some more shots, this time more of a top angle. With I think is its best side.

I used the sunshine and flash trying to bring out the colors on its back.

 

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• Sep 22, 2024

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Thanks for the link and your new photos. Your photos show more detail around the head. That is a very interesting butterfly.

 

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• Sep 25, 2024

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Nice shots. The orange spotted moth is neat. I also really like the top view of the skipper showing its colors and wing pattern. Those are new to me. The spider with dew is almost an abstract being all lines and dots.