Butterfly

Posted by David Brady on January 28, 2008 at 7:00 am · Filed under Arthropods, Animalia, Butterflies, SFA, Flying, Picture of the Day, Insects

Butterfly
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This gorgeous butterfly photo comes to us from Alan Krause. Alan sent in three photos, and we’ll be looking at the others soon. He says this is his favorite of the three. This picture was taken in Callaway Gardens in Georgia, U.S.

I don’t know the species on this butterfly… do we have any takers for an ID? Don’t forget to grab the larger version, it looks gorgeous as a wallpaper.

Thanks, Alan!

7 Comments »

  1. peggysue1971 said,

    January 28, 2008 @ 5:09 pm

    Alan, could I get your permission to do a painting from your photograph? It is a beautiful work of photographic art….I only dabble in acrylics and watercolors and have no intention of “selling” my art.

  2. JFargo said,

    January 28, 2008 @ 6:43 pm

    Wow, beautiful picture! I can’t identify it, myself, but think it’s really cool.

    When warmer weather comes, I’m going to be living in a new place, right outside of some wooded areas. I’m hoping to hone my bug-picture-taking skills! I have this creepy feeling, however, that my best pictures are going to be of spiders. Unfortunately, there just aren’t many butterflies out here.

  3. tceisele said,

    January 29, 2008 @ 3:46 am

    Well, I’d say it’s most likely a male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus. The females evidently have a big patch of blue on the trailing edge of the wings, while the males do not, which is why I think it’s a male. I’m guessing it’s not the Western Tiger Swallowtail or the Canadian Tiger Swallowtail because Georgia is too far south and east for either of those, although they do look awfully similar.

  4. tceisele said,

    January 29, 2008 @ 5:07 am

    I’d put in a link to the Bug Guide page in the previous comment, but for some reason it disappeared. The page is at:

    http://bugguide.net/node/view/491

  5. Insect Picture of the Day » Butterflies said,

    January 29, 2008 @ 7:05 am

    […] Krause says that yesterday’s photo is his favorite, but this one is my favorite of the three hands down. It is a picture of, as he […]

  6. Insect Picture of the Day » Butterfly said,

    January 30, 2008 @ 3:56 pm

    […] Today’s butterfly is the third and final (for now) installment of the Alan Krause butterfly submissions. This may be another swallowtail like Monday’s. […]

  7. Alan said,

    February 1, 2008 @ 2:05 pm

    Peggy,

    Of course! And if you could send me a picture of your painting when it is done, that would be great!

    Thanks much for the compliment,
    Alan

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