Sunday, July 3, 2011

A Closer Look | Summer

summer fauna
A fat bumblebee gathering nectar from milkweed flowers.

summer fauna II
I know what you're thinking and yes, that's caterpillar poop! Also known as frass.

summer fauna III
I call these owl butterflies, but I have no idea what kind they are.

summer fauna V
A daintly flutterby ... see more on flickr.

8 comments:

  1. Subtle ActsJuly 4, 2011 at 10:53 PM

    That bee is beautiful! Great, great photo!

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  2. AnonymousJuly 5, 2011 at 5:36 AM

    Love your photos! The butterflies are beautiful and I've never seen frass in such detail! :D

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  3. holly aka gollyJuly 5, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    thanks! : ) Hope you all had a great weekend!

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  4. MikaelaJuly 6, 2011 at 12:32 AM

    Hi Golly,

    A. I LOVE your watercolors! So lovely.

    B. It's a buckeye: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junonia_coenia

    C. The small blue butterfly is probably an eastern tailed blue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Tailed-Blue

    Thanks for your blog - I love reading it!

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  5. holly aka gollyJuly 6, 2011 at 10:20 AM

    Mikaela: Thank you so much for the butterfly identification!

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  6. annamaria potamitiJuly 6, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    Stunning photos Holly-xx

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  7. Lari WashburnJuly 6, 2011 at 8:36 PM

    Now that's an incredible macro lens...what is it?

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  8. holly aka gollyJuly 9, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    Lari: it's only a cannon elph. Not very fancy at all.

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