A very well caught beauty Mike
I must learn to work with a flash - even though I lent the fuji to
Alice for a congress last week and she came back with outstanding
(jpeg) pixes WITHOUT flash ...
Amitiés to Marnie too
Philippe
Le 16 juin 13 à 05:01, usher99@xxxxxxx a écrit :
> Quick trip to a wet meadow area with the MA chapter of NABA--(No Am
> butterfly assoc AKA MA butterfly Club)--a 40 min drive to a new area
> for me. There were caterpillars of Baltimore Checkerspots but alas
> no
> adults. They are very showy and really special, IMO but perhaps out
> soon. We saw one bit aged Harris Checkerspot-- one person took a
> shot
> of everyone all circled around the poor critter while we were
> shooting
> away. This was the only one we saw. This small bright butterfly was
> named in honor of Thaddeus W. Harris, who died in 1856. This
> Checkerspot is a quintessential northern “wet meadow” butterfly and
> really isn't all that common. It should be a "species of conservation
> concern"
>
> http://www.butterfliesofmassachusetts.net/harris-checkerspot_files/image006.gif
>
> Our area may be at the southern limit of the species may be
> withdrawing
> northward due to climate change.
>
> Oh, enough info, here is the critter from earlier today:
>
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Macro/Macro-2013/27352162_6bnt92#!
> i=2577065510&k=4J7Ht5H&lb=1&s=L
>
>
> Checkered past and future, Mike
>
>
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