The other day I spotted this little buy on the thistle while driving through the strip pits.
I could not believe my luck,
there was no wind to speak of and it seemed willing to stay there.
None of these were cropped images...
This was the best time I ever had photographing this kind of butterfly...which I think is a Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, but if you know it is a different species please tell in the comments.
As always, click to expand the view!
My other blog
My Other Blog
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
About the photography
All photos are ©Rose Swalls unless otherwise stated .
Click to enlarge photos.
Click to enlarge photos.
Labels
\
(1)
4-leaf clover
(1)
accident
(1)
Albion
(5)
All Seasons
(2)
allis chalmers
(1)
American Bittern
(1)
Amish
(19)
Amish farm
(7)
animal
(5)
antique
(2)
antiques
(12)
apple crates
(2)
apples
(2)
architecture
(17)
Arthur
(16)
Attica
(3)
autumn
(87)
B&W
(6)
bald eagle
(9)
barn
(525)
Barn Charm
(98)
Barn Collective
(118)
barn home
(3)
barn-house
(2)
Barred Owl
(1)
bench
(2)
bicycles
(2)
bids
(1)
Big Pine Creek
(1)
Billie Creek
(1)
bird's nest
(3)
birdhouses
(4)
birds
(302)
bloom
(2)
blue heron
(24)
boat
(2)
brick
(1)
Bridgeton
(10)
Bridgeton covered bridge
(3)
Bridgeton House
(2)
Brouillette's Creek
(2)
Bubbie
(6)
bud
(1)
buggy wheel
(1)
building
(2)
bus
(1)
butterfly
(82)
by Lorelei
(3)
calves
(15)
Camera Critters
(2)
canoe
(1)
car
(5)
cardinal
(9)
cat
(6)
caterpillar
(1)
cattle
(35)
chair
(1)
Charlie
(2)
chickadee
(1)
chicken
(13)
Christmas
(4)
Christmas night shot
(1)
churc
(1)
church
(32)
Clairborne County
(2)
Clay City Pottery festival.
(1)
clematis
(7)
clothespins
(1)
cloud
(1)
clouds
(23)
coneflowers
(8)
convertible
(1)
Copper
(11)
cottonwood
(1)
Cougar
(1)
courthouse
(14)
covered bridge
(18)
Covington
(2)
coyote
(1)
creek
(4)
crop duster
(1)
Cumberland Gap
(8)
dairy
(1)
damselfly
(7)
deer
(3)
Delta
(3)
Diamond
(1)
Dickcissel
(5)
dogwood
(11)
door
(6)
dove
(7)
dragonfly
(44)
drive-by
(31)
eagle
(17)
Eastern Kingbird
(2)
Edgar County
(26)
elderberries
(1)
Eugene
(1)
evening light
(1)
fall
(95)
family
(1)
farm
(31)
farming
(5)
fence
(64)
fence post
(1)
fish
(1)
flea market
(3)
flower
(2)
flowers
(237)
fly
(1)
fog
(2)
forge
(1)
Foto Tunes
(1)
Fowler Park
(1)
Frankfort
(1)
Franklin
(1)
Friday's fences
(55)
frog
(12)
from the flea market
(1)
funny
(2)
garden
(2)
gas pumps
(1)
gate
(1)
geese
(14)
Gidget's
(1)
goat
(1)
Good fences
(75)
Goose Pond
(4)
gourds
(4)
grain elevator
(4)
grass
(3)
Green Valley
(5)
guinea fowl
(2)
hawks
(27)
hay
(5)
hibiscus
(7)
hoarfrost
(3)
hollyhock
(1)
horse
(9)
house
(65)
Howe
(3)
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
(1)
Hudson
(4)
I'd Rather B Birdin'
(18)
ice
(4)
Illinois
(111)
Indiana
(154)
insect
(103)
Inspired Sunday
(1)
Jackson
(3)
Jackson Bridge
(2)
Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area
(2)
Johnson County
(1)
juvenile eagle
(2)
kilns
(1)
Kitty Soft Paws
(1)
knife
(10)
leaves
(10)
lichen
(2)
light
(1)
lily
(5)
Linton
(2)
llama
(1)
locust
(1)
locusts
(1)
log cabin
(2)
longhorn
(2)
Lorelei Rose
(23)
lotus
(13)
Mackinac Bridge
(1)
Madison
(4)
mailbox
(5)
Mama Squirrel
(3)
Mansfield
(5)
Markle
(3)
Mellow Yellow Monday
(2)
milkweed bugs
(1)
milkweed pod
(3)
mill
(3)
mill wheel
(1)
monarch
(5)
Montezuma
(2)
moon
(4)
morning glory
(1)
moth
(5)
mountains
(1)
mural
(13)
Muscatatuck
(2)
mushrooms
(4)
muskrat
(2)
My Corner of the World
(5)
Nashville Indiana
(4)
Newport
(4)
Noble County
(4)
oak
(1)
old
(76)
old barns
(8)
old building
(14)
old house
(26)
Old Mill Dam
(2)
old truck
(17)
osprey
(3)
Otto
(1)
outhouse
(1)
Painted Lady
(1)
Paris
(14)
Parke County
(67)
Patton's Corner
(35)
pelicans
(4)
Perrysville
(1)
pheasant
(10)
pickup
(2)
picnic table
(1)
plant
(29)
planter
(1)
poison ivy
(1)
porch
(7)
praying mantis
(3)
pumpkins
(8)
quilt
(13)
quilt barn
(4)
quilt block
(3)
rainbows
(1)
red
(1)
red-winged blackbird
(4)
reflections
(1)
repost
(1)
road
(6)
Robert Frost
(1)
rock
(2)
Rockville
(2)
roof art
(4)
rooster
(18)
Roseville
(1)
round barn
(6)
Rubbish Tuesday
(15)
Ruby Tuesday
(10)
Rurality blog hop
(3)
rust
(3)
s
(1)
Sandhill Cranes
(4)
sassafras leaves
(1)
Saturday's Critters
(1)
Saturday's Critters.
(3)
Scribefire
(1)
seedpods
(2)
sepia scenes
(7)
sewing
(1)
sheep
(1)
Shipshewana
(11)
short-eared owl
(7)
sign
(2)
signs
(10)
silhouette Indiana
(1)
silo
(2)
Skinner Farm Museum
(14)
skunk
(1)
sky
(12)
skywatch
(2)
smiley face
(1)
Smokys
(1)
snake
(1)
snow
(68)
songbird
(1)
Sora
(1)
spider
(6)
spring
(1)
squirrel
(4)
St. Joseph's College
(1)
stairs
(1)
starlings
(2)
storm
(1)
strip pits
(73)
sugar Creek
(1)
sunflowers
(21)
sunrise
(7)
sunset
(73)
sunsets
(3)
swallows
(1)
swans
(29)
sycamore
(4)
T.C. Steele
(2)
Tennessee
(56)
Terraplane
(1)
Terre Haute
(4)
Texico
(1)
texture
(1)
The Bird D'pt
(1)
thistle
(15)
tobacco
(1)
Today's flowers
(2)
tomatoes
(1)
Tools
(1)
tractor
(6)
train
(1)
tree
(16)
tree frog
(1)
trees
(4)
truck
(7)
Tuesday's Treasures
(34)
tulip
(1)
tunnel
(2)
turkey
(6)
turtles
(23)
Veedersburg
(2)
Vermillion County
(12)
video
(5)
Vigo County
(2)
vines
(2)
Wabash Avenue
(1)
Wabash River
(2)
water lily
(9)
weather
(1)
weekend reflections
(1)
West Terre Haute
(1)
Whooping Cranes
(1)
wildflower
(2)
wildflowers
(5)
Williamsport
(2)
willow
(1)
wind
(1)
window
(4)
winter
(19)
wisteria
(5)
woodpecker
(3)
yellow flowers
(1)
Translate
Followers
Blog Archive
-
▼
2017
(301)
-
▼
August
(31)
- Can you identify this...
- Big Ugly
- The gift that keeps on giving...
- Got an itch?
- Around the bend...
- Barns from close by...
- From today...
- From Arthur, Illinois
- A flower for you
- Glorious days!!!
- Dragonflies again....
- Beewolf--Correction...it is a Cicada Killer
- From one day in September of 2008
- Beauty
- Big boy!
- From a distance...the Red Admiral
- Days like this and a ?
- Butterfly picture show...
- Barns...
- Swans
- Anyone like dragonflies?
- A pause for the color purple...
- Wing shots from the sidewalk....
- Lotus time
- Purely by accident
- A Great Day
- 2007 barns....
- Look at that face!
- Seen better days..
- Dove
- Days like today...
-
▼
August
(31)
19 comments:
These are awesome! My favorite it the last one, because I can see all around his body. I can tell how much fun you had, it's all over your joyous photos.
...these are gorgeous, Rose.
Weird timing... the Eastern Swallowtail butterfly is the North Carolina state butterfly, which I just found out yesterday. Its hind end is usually bright blue, however. Maybe there are variations, so this could be one too. He looks like it! How amazing is that yellow body?
Hind end of the wings, that is...
So pretty.
Hello Rose, these are all lovely capture of the Swallowtail. Pretty butterfly.
Enjoy your day and the week ahead.
One of my favorite butterflies of all. Carol
awesome pics. it is unusual for them to sit still and allow for a photo shoot and even on a beautiful purple flower. super shot photos, gorgeous
It is a beautiful swallowtail. I had one earlier this summer. Today I am posting a giant swallowtail.
How wonderful for you to capture so many photos of this beautiful butterfly. The butterflies in my garden seldom stay still for me to take any photos. Have a great day!
This butterfly was excellent at posing. This cooperation gave you a wonderful series.,These are excellent pictures.
Definitely beautiful show. Great series.
Fabulous photo's Rose ...
All the best Jan
Those are stunning pictures -- your timing was just perfect! They never want to hold still for me and you are right if the wind is blowing even a little it's hard to get a good picture even if they do hold still! These are just perfect -- the beautiful contrast with the thistle, the perfect butterfly -- wonderful!! Thanks for sharing.
Oh wow! These are fantastic shots. He really was cooperative.
Another great reason to welcome a few thistles!
This butterfly is a beauty, Rose. I saw one like this at the nursery about a year ago. I'm glad it stayed put for you to take such awesome pictures. It looks so pretty settling on the purple flower.
~Sheri
Spectacular photos Rose!
Those are sensational photos, Rose. I've never seen a butterfly like this before. I don't think we've got anything quite like it over here. But you've captured it beautifully.
Post a Comment