A Domestic Honey bee collecting pollen from a Michealmas Daisy Flower.
Tags: Insects honey bees bees Domestic Honey Bees Insects_SStewart_006_TNT08
© All Rights Reserved
A Lorquin's Admiral Butterfly feeding from a Butterfly Bush.
Tags: insects butterflies lorquin's admiral summer wings blue sky flowers
© All Rights Reserved
The Pine White Butterfly can usually be seen fluttering up high amoung the conifer trees. The day I took this photo, there were all kinds of them flying up high among the Fir trees.
The Pine White butterfly has a wing span of between 25.4 mm (1 3/4 in) and 50.8 mm ( 2 1/4 in). Its forewings are white on the upper sides with heavy black marking on its wing tips and black edges. The undersides of the back wings have black veins. Males and females are similar, but the female is a little duller in color and her hind wings are sometimes edged in red and tinged with yellow.
The White Pine Butterfly can be found from southern British Columbia and Alberta south to the mountains of southern California, northern Arizona, central New Mexico and the western most edges of South Dakota and Nebraska. It is absent from the northwest coastal forests.
They feed on the nectar of flowers ( as shown), including rabbitbrush and beebalm. The caterpillar eats the needles of various conifers including pines, Douglas-fir and true firs.
To purchase cards and prints, including matted, framed and canvas, click link, www.redbubble.com/people/islandlady154/works/9281492-pine...
"PHOTO INFORMATION"
Taken on July 29/12 at 4:42pm on south east Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.Camera, Canon 7DLens, Canon 100-400 L IS USM lensTripod, Manfrotto, including 498RC2 ballheadTaken at 1/500's at f/5.6, -1/3 ev, 400 mm, man white bal, iso 800.No cropping, slight sharpening via lab mode, lightness channel.
Tags: Butterflies butterfly insects color photos photography canada BC Vancouver Island pacific northwest summer sunny warm canon canon 7D floral flowers wildflowers sandy stewart
© All Rights Reserved
A Lorquin’s Admiral lands on a sunny leaf where it appears to be soaking in the warm sun rays.Lorquin Admirals often perch high in trees, spreading their wings to sun themselves. From these perches, the males are also territorial and often dash out after other butterflies, returning to their favorite perches between battles.
TO PURCHASE CARDS & PRINTS, INCLUDING MATTED, FRAMED, MOUNTED, CANVAS AND POSTERS, CLICK ON LINK,
www.redbubble.com/people/islandlady154/works/9522714-soak...
“PHOTO INFORMATION”Taken on August 5/12 at 5:03pm in own yard, on south east Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada.Camera Canon EF 100-400mm L IS USM lensTripod, Manfrotto, including 498RC2 ballheadTaken at, 1/500’s at f/10, 400mm, iso 640, manual white bal.Fully edited in Lightroom 4.2, no cropping.
Tags: Butterflies butterfly lorquin's admiral nature summer sunny Vancouver Island North America BC Canada canon canon 7D Insects Sandy Stewart photography Photos
© All Rights Reserved
A tiny "GRAY HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY" sunning on first blooming Rhodo bud on the Rhododendrum bush.
Gray Hairstreak Butterflies have a wingspan of 7/8-1 3/8 inches ( 2.2-3.5 cm). Males perch all afternoon on small trees and shrubs to seek receptive females.
They range from throughoutcontinental US from southern Cnada, south to Mexico. They are the most widespread Hairstreak in North America.
Photo taken on May 3/15 at 4:36pm on south east Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada
To purchase cards, prints and other cool items, click on link,
www.redbubble.com/people/islandlady154/works/14757772-gra...
Tags: Butterflies Gray Hairstreak Butterflies North American Butterflies North America North America photos Sandy Stewart Photography Sandy Stewart color beautiful pretty colorful nature wildlife cards photos pillows spring sunny prints nature prints nature cards Canada B.C.
© All Rights Reserved