My Best Butterfly Photos - Part VII

Continuing with my favorite butterfly photos:

Gulf Fritillary

Hummingbird Moth

Indian Dead Leaf

Indonesian Batwing

Indra Swallowtail

Julia Longwing

Krishna Peacock

Lemon Migrant

Leopard Lacewing

Lurcher

Not a Grey Wolf from Yellowstone, But a Hummingbird Moth from The Azure Gate

Well ............ the Photo Trip to Yellowstone got cancelled. A huge crack in the sewer line beneath our kitchen was the culprit. 

Here is what was/is involved: remove kitchen cabinets, remove 16 square feet of tile, drill into concrete in three different places, dig down and remove two feet of dirt, tunnel between the digs, remove the old pipe, put in a new pipe, then fill the dirt back in, pour new concrete, buy and install new tiles, reinstall kitchen cabinets, cleaning the entire house from all the dirt and dust flying around (meaning dusting/washing  absolutely everything). Pouring the new concrete will happen today (hopefully) tomorrow and Thursday installing and sealing the tiles and reinstalling the kitchen cabinets. Friday and Saturday the washing and cleaning. There goes the Photo Trip.

So, no new Grey Wolf photos from Yellowstone, sorry. Instead, back to the "5" Star Photos and ......... seems anti-climatic .......... a Hummingbird Moth photo taken in our back yard. 

Oh well,

Hummingbird Moth

P.S. Christine says look on the bright side, because I was going to be away we had not scheduled any guests this week. So, no guest was inconvenienced by what happened. It's true. It could have been worse.

More from Garden Canyon, Huachucas

The first is actually a moth, a Hummingbird Moth. When first observed you might think it is a hummingbird -- hence the name. But it is a moth, and really quite beautiful. The second photo is of a Two Tailed Swallowtail, also on a thistle. The third is a Red Spotted Purple. There are so many Pipevine Swallowtails (fourth photo) that initially I thought the third photo was also a Pipevine Swallowtail or a Black Swallowtail. However, upon close examination -- no tail! Also the blue spots on the hindwing are quite distinctive. The Huachucas would be about the westernmost range of the Red Spotted Purple. The RSP, like the Viceroy (yesterday), and the California Sister (last photo) are large butterflies in the Admiral Family. The California Sister is abundant in the Huachucas.