Month: August 2016

Sunday (14-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Great Spangled Fritillary on a Joe Pye Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens.

Great Spangled Fritillary on a Joe Pye Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 183 mm, f/5,6, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)
Great Spangled Fritillary on a Joe Pye Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 183 mm, f/5,6, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)

Sunday (14-August-2016) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Ghostly White Spider Catches a Fly (or Bee) on a Coreopsis Flower. Backyard Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/50 sec). I didn’t even see the spider until I started processing the image.

Ghostly White Spider Catches a Fly (or Bee) on a Coreopsis Flower. Backyard Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/50 sec). (David J Mathre)
Ghostly White Spider Catches a Fly (or Bee) on a Coreopsis Flower. Backyard Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/50 sec). (David J Mathre)

Sunday (14-August-2016) – New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Just Hanging Out on a Hot Summer Day. Praying Mantis at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec).

Just Hanging Out on a Hot Summer Day. Praying Mantis at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Just Hanging Out on a Hot Summer Day. Praying Mantis at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)

Sunday (14-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly on the ground to get salt from the mud.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/100 sec).

Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly on the ground to get salt from the mud.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/100 sec). (David J Mathre)
Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly on the ground to get salt from the mud.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/100 sec). (David J Mathre)

Sunday (14-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Note the back of the butterfly wing is camouflaged as a decoy of the front of the butterfly. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec).

Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)