Phyciodes cocyta
This is a common butterfly around here in the summer, but I was really pleased to get this photo of it as it rested on the path. The patterns on its wings are finely drawn and the tips of its antennae are tiny orange balls (hard to see in this photo, to be fair). Rupert (our Cornish Rex cat) tried to catch it and almost succeeded (which is what drew it to my attention) but I managed to save it and put it safely out of his reach (he is on a long leash) so it could get over the shock and fly away. Have a lovely week everyone, full of lovely butterflies!
+SÉRGIO DE ÁVILA VIEIRA DE ÁVILA VIEIRA thanks!
+Takawira 1967 I'm afraid I don't know anything about them.
So beautiful!
+Phil Schappert thank you so much for this clarification. Please don't apologize! I did try there and thought that was where I found it. But I will edit both the post and the blog entry with that info.
Hi +Ellie Kennard. I'm sorry to have to tell you this but the Pearl Crescent does not occur in Nova Scotia. Your photo is of a male Northern Crescent, Phyciodes cocyta. The Butterflies of Nova Scotia webpage is a good resource for checking IDs.
I'm practically already gone +Ellie Kennard… and I haven't even been forced to use the new interface. I'm hoping everything will smooth out and that when summer settles down I can spend more time here.
+Lynn David Newton isn't it wonderful? It sounds like a special place to visit. I'll have to email you or maybe call you.
Nice
+amit sonavane thank you.
Utterly symmetrical. Beautiful. Here in Columbus we have Franklin Park Conservatory (a large botanical garden within walking distance if you're good at walking) where several times each day in the spring a caretaker gives a little lecture and releases some new butterfly into an enclosed habitation, some of them quite large and exotic. There are hundreds flying around at any given time, and they often will land on your shoulder or wherever else they please. It's quite a sight. (Something you might want to see when you're here, time and circumstances permitting.)
Very beautiful photo shot nice de..
+Christina Lihani no! Not you! Please don't go!!
I'm still using the old interface +Ellie Kennard. I will hate to change over and it may be the beginning of the end unless I get used to the parts I don't like.
Thank you so much +Ursula Klepper – I love to see butterflies but I have a lot of problems in trying to photograph them. I was happy with this one.
This is beautiful! Great captured!
+Aamir Shahzad thanks a lot Aamir!
I was thinking of suggesting to zoom in to see them but as there is no zoom on the new G+ I wasn't sure how many would be able to. Thanks so much. +Christina Lihani​
+Jitendra Mulay​ thank you!
Thanks very much +Sumit Sen​!
Lovely capture! 🙂
Beautiful details, nice shot!
It's a beautiful capture +Ellie Kennard! Seen large, I can see the orange tips on its antennae.
Nice capture +Ellie Kennard
+Samantha OBrien thanks a lot!
What a beautiful specimen.
+Morten Ross sorry I didn't get notified of your comment! And thank you so much for the lovely comment. Yes, early morning would have been better, but as it happened this turned out okay despite its flitting about in the sun.
Thanks +Yvi San​. That was such a great surprise even for me when I saw the photo as it seemed to be always moving and I wasn't sure if they were intact.
Wonderful! Such nice wings too .. I often see them with tears or parts missing. 😀
+Shelly Gunderson thank you. I don't get a chance to see many, as you do, but I was very pleased.
+Jasbir S. Randhawa oh those were the days! And all those themes were still alive and active!
Thanks for the memories!
Glad you saved it! Beautiful!
+Ellie Kennard Here you go, Ellie! :-)))
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+Marie, LMB thank you very much!
Gorgeous butterfly shot Ellie. =0)
It is a beautiful butterfly Ellie. You have captured so much detail. Glad you were able to save it from Rupert
Thanks a lot Linda. Yes, it very nearly became his big game of the year! 😀
Very true. I've always wanted to capture a butterfly. One of these days!
Thanks a lot +Guru Dutt – to be honest I had never seen one up close myself, though it is so common. Good night to you, too!
Thank you so much, Carol! Aren't there some wonderful things around us? +Carol Ayala
Wow, I love it!! 🙂
wow so beautiful… i see this one 1st time thanks to you… blessings and love.. happy night…
Lovely shot of a beautiful butterfly +Ellie Kennard
On a sunny day one might see many of them, but as you indicated they are hard to photograph as they are so charged with the heat and light of the sun and fly in all directions normally.
In the very early morning they are much easier to get close to as they are cold and in need of sunlight. A pity I don't really like getting up early…
A beauty to us and fun for Rupert 🙂
Thanks very much +Andi Fritzsch!
Ha ha, +Jasbir S. Randhawa – and I bet that was a sight! Rupert and Molly both have little harnesses and are attached by the house on long leashes so they don't wander off, just so they can sit in the sun and be in the fresh air. They are really indoor cats, but they do love the sunshine, as do all cats. Though perhaps hot tin might be more than their feet would appreciate!
+Ellie Kennard I've actually never seen a cat on a leash; though I've seen a cat on a hot tin roof! Literally! :-)))
Beautiful shot dear Ellie
Thanks so much +Jasbir S. Randhawa – just missed being a superb capture by Rupert, but happily he failed where I succeeded. 😀
+Ellie Kennard Superb capture, Ellie! 🙂