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tags: American Lady Butterfly, Image of the Day
American Lady, Vanessa virginiensis, nectaring on buttonbush, Anahuac NWR Butterfly Garden, 7-8-07.
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tags: Black Swallowtail Butterfly, Image of the Day
Black Swallowtail nectaring on buttonbush, Anahuac NWR 7-8-07.
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tags: Hoverfly, Image of the Day
This beautiful Texas native passionflower serves as a host plant for the Gulf Fritillary and Variegated Fritillary butterflies. I took this in the Refuge Butterfly Garden while tending the Visitor Information Station last Sunday. Passiflora incarnata, Anahuac NWR…
tags: Hoverfly, Image of the Day
Hoverfly nectaring on frogfruit near Anahuac NWR VIS 7-8-07.
This is a much-sharpened picture of a difficult and fast-moving subject. Hoverflies are bee mimics. Notice, however, the big eyes of the fly (q.v., movie "The Fly").
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Wow! Viceroys are so beautiful, and a great example of mimicry!
Do you post pictures from your readers only of moths and butterflies, or are other creatures welcome? I've got a couple of dragonflies I could send you, as well as some butterflies.