looks like a tiger swallowtail



You are probably right. Notice one of it's tails is missing.



Cat

I've never seen a blue swallowtail here in Modesto and don't think they come here.

next picture

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/bugs/Cbuckonhand.jpg


That's a gorgeous swallowtail. :)

That's a gorgeous swallowtail. :)


This is a common Buckeye not a swallowtail.  It doesn't have tails on it.

This thread has awaken my muse so now I am working on my butterfly slideshow.



Cat

here is a website that has been helping me put my garden together

http://www.gardenswithwings.com/

This thread has awaken my muse so now I am working on my butterfly slideshow.



Cat


Put them up when you're ready!

I saw one of these painted ladies a few days ago, but am not seeing any more to get a picture of.  they eat the asters in in my garden and should host on the Hibiscus plants I have in my garden now.

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/bugs/come.jpg

I saw one of these painted ladies a few days ago, but am not seeing any more to get a picture of.  they eat the asters in in my garden and should host on the Hibiscus plants I have in my garden now.

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/bugs/come.jpg

You have hibiscus plants? Cool! Do they need to live where it's warm or can they survive anywhere? There are no flowers blooming outside at home and no garden, so there seldom are butterflies here.  :(

Here are a few more pictures I didn't upload with the first bunch.

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_15074822_zps9py7gjyc.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_142239-2_zpsn2hlhccy.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_150020-2-2_zps2deslzxb.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_13545322_zps8htsmnnl.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_152636-2_zpsq7yln5uf.jpg

You have hibiscus plants? Cool! Do they need to live where it's warm or can they survive anywhere? There are no flowers blooming outside at home and no garden, so there seldom are butterflies here.  :(

Here are a few more pictures I didn't upload with the first bunch.

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_15074822_zps9py7gjyc.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_142239-2_zpsn2hlhccy.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_150020-2-2_zps2deslzxb.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_13545322_zps8htsmnnl.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_152636-2_zpsq7yln5uf.jpg


very nice. :)

I don't know if these are considered butterflies but I see a lot of small white ones during the Spring and Summertime, Are they moths? ???

Katana Queen-  Hibiscus plants need full sun ( 6 hours or more)

Howard- there are little white butterflies so they could be butterflies. 

Put them up when you're ready!



I plan to. Just when I THOUGHT I had all my butterfly pics-I remembered some more. So, it needs more work. I will probably have it done before the end of the weekend. The thing is, I feel like I don't have too many different kinds of butterflies  that I would like.  :-\\


Cat

I saw one of these painted ladies a few days ago, but am not seeing any more to get a picture of.  they eat the asters in in my garden and should host on the Hibiscus plants I have in my garden now.

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/bugs/come.jpg



You have hibiscus plants? Cool! Do they need to live where it's warm or can they survive anywhere? There are no flowers blooming outside at home and no garden, so there seldom are butterflies here.  :(

Here are a few more pictures I didn't upload with the first bunch.

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_15074822_zps9py7gjyc.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_142239-2_zpsn2hlhccy.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_150020-2-2_zps2deslzxb.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_13545322_zps8htsmnnl.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/katana029/20150414_152636-2_zpsq7yln5uf.jpg




Nice shots.



Cat

http://s219.photobucket.com/user/rocksannwastaken/library/bugs?sort=3&page=1

http://s219.photobucket.com/user/rocksannwastaken/library/?sort=6&page=0

this is a Gray Hairstreak on it's Host plant, a Passion Vine.

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/bugs/grayhairstreak.jpg
http://s219.photobucket.com/user/rocksannwastaken/library/bugs?sort=3&page=1


this is a Gray Hairstreak  It's Host plant is a Passion Vine. but the one I had in the past died

I like the symbol butterflies represent when it comes to transformation and beauty.

I don't know if these are considered butterflies but I see a lot of small white ones during the Spring and Summertime, Are they moths? ???

If they're small, white or brown, with really powdery wings, they're probably moths you're seeing. I see them all the time in the summer. They get indoors.



I plan to. Just when I THOUGHT I had all my butterfly pics-I remembered some more. So, it needs more work. I will probably have it done before the end of the weekend. The thing is, I feel like I don't have too many different kinds of butterflies  that I would like.  :-\\


Cat

Well just share them all! I like the orange ones you have pictures of. The ones I've got I already put up.


I like the symbol butterflies represent when it comes to transformation and beauty.

They go in with death symbolism too, and mean things in dreams.


http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/bugs/grayhairstreak.jpg

Now that's cool. It's a white one!

They go in with death symbolism too, and mean things in dreams.



Whoa! Just whoa!!

Now that's cool. It's a white one!


well gray  and smaller then swallowtails

here's a white butterfly    It's a Cabbage White and parsley is one of the plants it will host on

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/bugs/cabbagewhite.jpg

The other weekend I went to an indoor tropical garden where they were hatching butterflies. I got some good pictures. The blue ones were the hardest to get! They closed their wings when they sat down!



I love your pictures! :) "The blues ones" are called Morpho peleides, btw. They either fly, and you can't get a good shot, or they sit and fold their wings, with the blue not showing. I've tried taking a picture myself, but it's hard!

There are some butterfly pictures on my Flickr account (not quite as good as yours, though). Maybe I'll upload them later on.

I love your pictures! :) "The blues ones" are called Morpho peleides, btw. They either fly, and you can't get a good shot, or they sit and fold their wings, with the blue not showing. I've tried taking a picture myself, but it's hard!

There are some butterfly pictures on my Flickr account (not quite as good as yours, though). Maybe I'll upload them later on.

There are a couple different variants of the blue morpho I've seen. The ones flying around had some black edging with white dots on the blue side of their wings, then there is another kind that has thinner black edging and no dots. Please post your pictures by the way!

here's a white butterfly    It's a Cabbage White and parsley is one of the plants it will host on

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/bugs/cabbagewhite.jpg


very nice.

here's a white butterfly    It's a Cabbage White and parsley is one of the plants it will host on

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/bugs/cabbagewhite.jpg



I can NEVER get those white ones. They are too fast for me.



Cat

here's another little gray guy I got a picture of in the past

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/bugs/Lupine.jpg

here's another little gray guy I got a picture of in the past

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/bugs/Lupine.jpg



Nice shot.


Cat

here's another little gray guy I got a picture of in the past

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/bugs/Lupine.jpg

Cute!

here's another little gray guy I got a picture of in the past

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/bugs/Lupine.jpg


quite beautiful. :)

It's finally done. Here it is:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUvBCOWE0r4



Cat

It's finally done. Here it is:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUvBCOWE0r4



Cat


Wonderful stuff! :) But did it really have to be Dolly Parton? :D ;)

It's finally done. Here it is:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUvBCOWE0r4



Cat

My favorite is that monarch on red flowers!

Wonderful stuff! :) But did it really have to be Dolly Parton? :D ;)



Thanks. I have to confess that I like that song (one of the few of Dolly's and country songs that I like). Now, I have that song in my head because I had been listening to it all weekend as I did up the slideshow. lol.

What song would you have used? Just curious.



My favorite is that monarch on red flowers!



Thanks. That was taken in Puerto Rico from my sister-in-law's porch. Not only do monarchs visit those flowers, hummingbirds do, too. I TRIED to shoot some hummers but I'm not very successful.  :-\\



Cat

What song would you have used? Just curious.

Cat


Ooh, I don't really know. I was tempted to say "Butterfly" by Danyel Gerard, but maybe not. "Elusive Butterfly" perhaps?  :-\\

It's finally done. Here it is:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUvBCOWE0r4



Cat


very nice. :)

cool stuff!  I have seen a Monarch eating my Butterfly Bush before once and I do get Red Admirals.

Thanks. I have to confess that I like that song (one of the few of Dolly's and country songs that I like). Now, I have that song in my head because I had been listening to it all weekend as I did up the slideshow. lol.

What song would you have used? Just curious.



Thanks. That was taken in Puerto Rico from my sister-in-law's porch. Not only do monarchs visit those flowers, hummingbirds do, too. I TRIED to shoot some hummers but I'm not very successful.  :-\\



Cat

I think the place I went had hummingbirds that flew around also, but I didn't get a picture of one. They look awesome close up because they have iridescent feathers.

The blue ones are my favorites.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/butterflies-14.jpg

I think the place I went had hummingbirds that flew around also, but I didn't get a picture of one. They look awesome close up because they have iridescent feathers.



I know this is a thread about butterflies but I can't help myself. lol.


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5174/5423512160_71d1beec5d.jpg


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5206/5382826770_8a52877c5c.jpg


Cat

I might end up posting pictures of or talking about things other then butterflies.  I just took a picture  of a grasshopper.  Now if I can remember how to get the pictures out of my camera.

I know this is a thread about butterflies but I can't help myself. lol.


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5174/5423512160_71d1beec5d.jpg


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5206/5382826770_8a52877c5c.jpg


Cat


I've only seen one real life hummingbird in my life so far.

As for songs for butterflies, I might also suggest:

Dog and Butterfly by Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97rl54JOEoc

On the wings of love by Jeffrey Osborne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFhR2FHKmss

Butterfly by Mariah Carey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stcdNj0SANw

Butterfly Fly Away - Hannah Montana  (yeah, I know, but it's a sweet song.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrL8ndJRgcQ

And here is one I discovered whilst looking for butterfly songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SHBtDwxGm0  Heather Maloney "Flutter" (acoustic)

From the kids' tv program, Austin and Ally - The Butterfly song  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHFcLtj-nK8

The blue ones are my favorites.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/bookmistress4ever/butterflies-14.jpg

Mine too! I have a framed blue one on my wall even.



I know this is a thread about butterflies but I can't help myself. lol.


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5174/5423512160_71d1beec5d.jpg


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5206/5382826770_8a52877c5c.jpg


Cat

8) Amazing! Did you take them?

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/IMG_20150211_095827.jpg

I took this picture of a butterfly in the Philippines, I do not know the breed.

As for songs for butterflies, I might also suggest:

Dog and Butterfly by Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97rl54JOEoc

On the wings of love by Jeffrey Osborne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFhR2FHKmss

Butterfly by Mariah Carey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stcdNj0SANw

Butterfly Fly Away - Hannah Montana  (yeah, I know, but it's a sweet song.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrL8ndJRgcQ

And here is one I discovered whilst looking for butterfly songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SHBtDwxGm0  Heather Maloney "Flutter" (acoustic)

From the kids' tv program, Austin and Ally - The Butterfly song  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHFcLtj-nK8



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wthgd_Rg1qg

I know this is a thread about butterflies but I can't help myself. lol.


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5174/5423512160_71d1beec5d.jpg


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5206/5382826770_8a52877c5c.jpg


Cat


Those are nice, How did you take those pictures so carefully?

8) Amazing! Did you take them?



Yup.


Those are nice, How did you take those pictures so carefully?



Thanks.

Basically, it is called luck. I just shoot and shoot and shoot and hope that one or two come out. The top one I just happen to be in the right place at the right time. The bottom one was cropped.



Cat

Mine too! I have a framed blue one on my wall even.
8) Amazing! Did you take them?


http://www.realbutterflygifts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Papilio-Ulysses-Butterfly-Framed.jpg

Like this one?

http://www.realbutterflygifts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Papilio-Ulysses-Butterfly-Framed.jpg

Like this one?

That's a blue swallowtail, mine is a blue morpho.  :)

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/IMG_20150211_095827.jpg

I took this picture of a butterfly in the Philippines, I do not know the breed.
...or can it be a moth?

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/BNECKLACE_zpsehjfw7pu.jpg

I made the necklace above.  A while ago I had ordered the orange flower beads at Amazon and months later found the butterfly in some store and had to get it.

...or can it be a moth?


I've been looking for what that is.  And I can't figure it out.  ???

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/IMG_20150211_095827.jpg

I took this picture of a butterfly in the Philippines, I do not know the breed.



...or can it be a moth?



I've been looking for what that is.  And I can't figure it out.  ???


I've been doing some research, and from what I've found I figure it's most likely a young Milionia basalis.

Well then... here's some pictures from me.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/14748225447_3bddba0175_c.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/14931702561_7a8e510b3a_c.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5582/14748195127_e3678acea3_c.jpg

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2868/9490233652_6136018c0b_c.jpg

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2842/9487305395_5cca4f84f7_c.jpg

And some more.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5593/14748070680_e86335611e_c.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3863/14748093659_41c54c6b8a_c.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3874/14748119319_3a1dde8232_c.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3859/14748224787_45b886cbd8_c.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5566/14934779605_ca78973877_c.jpg

And even more!

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14911791326_368c9e4a6f_c.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5596/14748226677_a89019d172_c.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3853/14931713501_3d3740ddd5_c.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5571/14748132049_1a0e22c773_c.jpg

Final three (for now).

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5554/14911803196_c5dcdc09d9_c.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3895/14748239857_030465748c_c.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7389/9490212396_af9868f1d9_c.jpg

I've been doing some research, and from what I've found I figure it's most likely a young Milionia basalis.
Many thanks.

Well done on your research.

If the moth is Japanese based, it has flown many miles?

Outstanding shots, Henk. I love the one on the banana & the camouflaged one. WAY COOL!!!


Cat

beautiful shots Henk. :)

Outstanding shots, Henk. I love the one on the banana & the camouflaged one. WAY COOL!!!


Cat



beautiful shots Henk. :)


Thank you, you're being most generous. They're not all outstanding, I know that for a fact. ;)

Thank you, you're being most generous. They're not all outstanding, I know that for a fact. ;)



I think they are.


Cat

And some more.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5593/14748070680_e86335611e_c.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3863/14748093659_41c54c6b8a_c.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3874/14748119319_3a1dde8232_c.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3859/14748224787_45b886cbd8_c.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5566/14934779605_ca78973877_c.jpg

Those plates of fruit always attract butterflies! I thought the green one was a leaf first, I had to look again to see it.  :P

Those plates of fruit always attract butterflies! I thought the green one was a leaf first, I had to look again to see it.  :P


Not my fault! I can't help it those butterflies are that small and greenish. ;)

Not my fault! I can't help it those butterflies are that small and greenish. ;)

Their colors are cammo for nature so predators don't eat them. If you crop the picture then the butterfly is obvious.  :)

Their colors are cammo for nature so predators don't eat them. If you crop the picture then the butterfly is obvious.  :)



That's what I did with the hummingbird pic-otherwise you couldn't tell there was a hummer there at all.



Cat

Their colors are cammo for nature so predators don't eat them. If you crop the picture then the butterfly is obvious.  :)


I've considered doing that, but decided against it.

I just saw a buckeye butterfly eating from my Aster flowers.  In the past I've only seen them eat off my butterfly bush in September.  Now let me see what their Host plant is again, I got my first butterfly I know I'm going to have here.

That's cool Ann, I'm looking forward to pictures of your visitors to your garden.  :)


As for me, I try to spend as little time as possible out in nature.  ;D ;D  But I did get to go to a butterfly habitat in Niagara Falls Canada about 13 years ago.  I had a pretty blue butterfly land on my shirt and walk around with me the whole time I was there.  I figured it was because I was wearing raspberry scented perfume. He just thought I was a giant raspberry.

I have the picture, but I can't find what I did with it.  :(

That's cool Ann, I'm looking forward to pictures of your visitors to your garden.  :)


As for me, I try to spend as little time as possible out in nature.  ;D ;D  But I did get to go to a butterfly habitat in Niagara Falls Canada about 13 years ago.  I had a pretty blue butterfly land on my shirt and walk around with me the whole time I was there.  I figured it was because I was wearing raspberry scented perfume. He just thought I was a giant raspberry.

I have the picture, but I can't find what I did with it.  :(



My sister is going to go to that butterfly habitat next month (before she takes a trip to see her FAVORITE sister  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D )



Cat

I've considered doing that, but decided against it.

Yeah, sometimes it's helpful to leave the space so that we can tell what's around the subject.

By the way, great pics. :)

I don't see a Buckeye or anything, but there is still some kind of white butterfly around.  I've decided to just get Ca native plants since everything else seems to overheat here on me and die

My sister is going to go to that butterfly habitat next month (before she takes a trip to see her FAVORITE sister  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D )



Cat


It's really quite lovely.  I'd like to go back to see it again at some point.

Those pictures are beautiful! Some of the butterflies have such surreal patterns on their wings. I love how the insects look when they touch the fruit, it gives them a sense of humanity and delicacy.

I just want to reach out and help them. They're so small, so powerless, they provide so much beauty that they really do make the world a better place.