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Lobo
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 Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:01 am
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Sort as a followup on the "Camo Dudes In DV?" Postings, came across this crab spider today, then this butterfly landed and I spent all my time trying to get a good photo of the butterfly, lost track of the spider.
This one blends right in with this plant, whatever it is.
Here the butterfly lands right beside the crab spider (lower center on the bloom??) and looks to be retreating.
Here is one of the better butterfly picsI got, looks like some sort of Hairstreak to me, but need to look it up to be sure, anyone famailar with this one?
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David_Bricker
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 3:37 pm
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Beautiful photos, Lobo. Thanks for sharing them.
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Lobo
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 7:30 pm
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Thanks David
Think I have found an ID on it,
<a href= "http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/lepidopt/lycaenid/purple1.htm"> Great purple hairstreak</a> (Atlides halesus corcorani) |
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RL
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 9:53 pm
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| Neat Shots! That Crab Spider is waiting for something a bit smaller than that butterfly I'll bet. The BF could take him Hang Gliding! |
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deathvalleydan
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:59 pm
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I stalked out this sucker on Tuesday exclusivly for this forum... enjoy!
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Lobo
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:49 pm
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deathvalleydan wrote:
| Quote: | | I stalked out this sucker on Tuesday exclusivly for this forum... enjoy! |
Appreciate the effort, they are not always easy to get pics of, then I have had them on rare occassions to virtually set there for long peroids of time (like a hundred+ pics worth).
Your's might be(?):
Leanira Checkerspot (Thessalia leanira) , you can see a pic under
<a href= "http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/thumb/thumb.htm">Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)</a>, look at bottom-right of page 2.
This is a neat website for IDing butterflies and such.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/thumb/thumb.htm
Since you saw more views of this butterfly, you might want to look at the site/link and see if anything else looks more like your butterfly, when ever you have time. I was going mainly by the white and black on the lateral edge of the forwing, but again you saw more of this one and I didn't look any further after finding the one I noted, as it looked close. |
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deathvalleydan
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:21 pm
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I found many of this particular type at about 8000' elevation off the Big Pine Road. I was lucky this one decided to take a rest and I was able to fire off about 30 shots. I'm not sure if it's the checkerspot, but that website sure is cool. I'll have to do some browsing around on it.
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Scott
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:31 pm
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Great butterfly resource, Lobo,
Thanks! |
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RL
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:36 pm
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Good Link Lobo!
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:50 pm
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I won't be touchin' 'em...
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RL
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:57 pm
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| ahamacav wrote: | | RL wrote: | | ...Off Topic.. please ... |
I won't be touchin' 'em... |
Lost my nerve too  |
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ahamacav
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:13 pm
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| RL wrote: | | ahamacav wrote: | | RL wrote: | | ...Off Topic.. please ... |
I won't be touchin'... |
..my nerve... |
Now lizards don't "bug" me. I'm very relaxed in fact. Since I had the long lens on the camera I had to hold this one with my toes.
A little trick I learned in my military days.
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Lobo
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Ahamacav, Perhaps your dragonfly is a Shadowdragons (Neocordulia)?
Here is one from my collection:
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| Lobo wrote: | Ahamacav, Perhaps your dragonfly is a Shadowdragons (Neocordulia)?
Here is one from my collection:
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Sure looks like the same thing. Same pose. Very still.
I have no idea what most of the junk I take photos of is. Well except the baby side-blotch lizard (because that's what I was told).
Anyone know what the scientific name is of a stinkbug? A black one like can be seen all over So Cal? I have a park guide from Joshua Tree NP and it calls it a 'stinkbug.' But I look it up on the net and I guess the real stinkbugs are weird little greenbugs.
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Lobo
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 7:09 pm
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| Quote: | | Anyone know what the scientific name is of a stinkbug? A black one like ... |
Google is a great earch engine and they have an excellent image search featrure.
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r4300311.html
The conchuela is a large black stink bug with a reddish marginal border and a reddish spot in the middle of the back.
Conchuela: Chlorochroa ligata
Others:
Consperse stink bug: Euschistus conspersus
Redshouldered plant bug: Thyanta pallidovirens |
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