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Forgotten Photo Friday: Hackberry Emperor Butterfly, Asterocampa celtis (Nymphalidae)
Posted by on January 27, 2012
At the base of a large tree just outside the main cabin in which we had most of our BugShot2011 workshops, a slime flux was oozing. This flux was attracting all manner of six-legged beasties, including ants, yellowjacket wasps, clearwing moths and butterflies.
At times, the tree trunk seemed alive with the subtle, lazy flapping of resting butterfly wings. I fell a little bit in love with the Hackberry Emperor butterflies (on account of their cuteness, you see) and spent several hours stalking them to get just the right shot. This was the winner for me:
O hai, butterfly! (Hackberry Emperor Butterfly, Asterocampa celtis (Nymphalidae))
That face! Those eyes! The little forelegs all cutely tucked up against the body!
They look pretty nice from the side, too 😉
Even butterflies make for great face shots. It has an almost quizzicle look on its ‘face’.
I KNOW! Like, “oh, jeez, what are YOU doing there!?!”
That slime flux link was super neat!
“quizzicle”
(Why am I such a bitch?)
That’s Ms. Bitch to you!
Oops – should have used single brackets for maximum effect.
*Sigh*
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I like the quizzicle look, but the Troll? Not so much.
oooooh, Warren just got TOLD.
Love the photos! Fabulous shots.
Thanks! 🙂
Fantastic photos. Beautiful creature. Almost cartoonish in that the images suggest a character the butterfly probably hasn’t got.
I’m with you…this little guy just OOZES personality. It’s anthropomorphic, but I don’t care 😛