I was going to title is " To all the B..ers out there", but second thoughts said that might not be the best title for a thread. Besides flowers, I do not shoot bugs all that often close to never. That said this beautiful flower bed as attracted quite a number. So if someone can tell me what I am looking at, that would be great.
Cheers: Allan
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Thread: Butterfly
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27th July 2015, 05:55 PM #1
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Butterfly
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27th July 2015, 06:06 PM #2
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Re: Butterfly
Nice shot. I'm not an expert, but I think this is some kind of frittilary.
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27th July 2015, 06:26 PM #3
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Re: Butterfly
Beautiful flowers and butterfly
IMO the green part behind the butterfly distracts and bud-like thing competes with the butterfly. Some desaturation and blurring on that part might help 
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27th July 2015, 07:31 PM #4
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Re: Butterfly
Not bad, Allan...I googled Dan's terminology and one of the images looks like he is right...
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27th July 2015, 08:07 PM #5
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Re: Butterfly
Nice effort, good detail on the foreground petals, loses too much detail as view recedes, butterfly antennae looks like it's pointing out the blown highlight.
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28th July 2015, 12:49 PM #6
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Re: Butterfly
Very nice Alan!
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28th July 2015, 01:18 PM #7
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Re: Butterfly
There's a risk in googling for identification, because anyone can post a photo with any label, and it's hard to know which ones google will pick up. This is more of a risk with insects than with other animals because the number of known species is so vast. I have posted incorrect identifications accidentally a number of times (including one recent one that Geoff caught for me). So, you will sometimes find incorrect identifications. For example, google "dragonfly" and you will find that most are photos of dragonflies, but a few are damselflies, which are an entirely different suborder. To lessen that risk, I look at the person or organization posting the image, which shows up when you mouse over the image. That way, you can zero in on authoritative sources, like university entomology departments, extension services, etc.
Originally Posted by IzzieK
Last edited by DanK; 28th July 2015 at 01:25 PM.
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28th July 2015, 01:37 PM #8
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Re: Butterfly
The silver spots under the wing would indicate some sort of fritillary but the only ones I have for comparison wouldn't be found in Ontario. That specimen seems to have had some wing damage.
I find that Bugguide.net is a great source for identification.
Here is their page for a search on Fritillary. http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=sear...&search=Search
My guess would be Great Spangled Fritillary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_spangled_fritillary
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29th July 2015, 11:07 AM #9
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Re: Butterfly
I agree that it is a Great Spangled Fritillary.
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