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Related: About this forumButterflies & damselflies that fluttered by today
All encountered this morning during a walk in the Muhlenberg Native Plant Meadow, Lancaster, PA.
Eastern comma butterfly
Silver-spotted skipper
Blue-fronted dancer damselfly
Red admiral butterfly
Ebony jewelwing damselfly
Powdered dancer damselfly
Silvery checkerspot butterfly
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Butterflies & damselflies that fluttered by today (Original Post)
Mousetoescamper
Jun 2024
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magicarpet
(16,979 posts)1. Wow,.. nice photos,.. tripod ?
Yesterday I saw a swarm of five of them all the same kind fluttering around in
No camera or photos on me at the time.
Mousetoescamper
(5,509 posts)3. Thanks! Hand-held with a 100-400mm lens
The lens's stabilization works pretty well.
magicarpet
(16,979 posts)5. Good job,.. now I want to be an entomologist when I grow up.
SARose
(860 posts)2. Lovely
Great pics!
Mousetoescamper
(5,509 posts)4. Thanks!
CaliforniaPeggy
(152,472 posts)6. They must all love you, my dear Mousetoescamper!
Look how beautifully they pose.
Great photos!
Mousetoescamper
(5,509 posts)7. I ply them with liquor, pills and a promise of stardom
Thanks!
pansypoo53219
(21,790 posts)8. no time or camer when i spotted a dragonfly today.
Grumpy Old Guy
(3,609 posts)9. Great pics!
Mousetoescamper
(5,509 posts)10. Thanks!