Tag: Butterfly

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

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)

Saturday (13-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

I made a short stop at the Sourland Mountain Preserve this morning. This was the first time I have seen and photographed a Giant Swallowtail Butterfly. One of the wings is damaged. I also captured a Great Spangled Fritillary on a Joe Pye Weed. I still have not seen a Monarch Butterfly this year. Images taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens.


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Three-Years Ago (11-August-2013) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Nine images of Butterflies, Wasps, Bumblebees, and Wildflowers taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens.


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