Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Some Butterflies of Panama


Right this way to see the butterflies..
And indeed, several were found along this rain-forest path. Butterflies were in abundance wherever the white-clover like flower you will see in most of the pictures was growing. It is of the Gomphrena genus, but I have been unable to identify the species... The guides at Canopy Lodge, in Valle De Anton, where these pictures were taken, are knowledgeable and could identify  the butterflies and most of the plants..but this white Gomphrena was an exception..

Banded Peacock..nibbled on a bit..


White Peacock
Sara Heliconis 

Golden headed Bolar

Paying attention? This is not a butterffly..Golden Web Spider


Not the best shot but look closely, directly above this large female.
.you will see her itty-bitty mate

My very favorite.. Dryas Iulia..Orange Julius :-)


This Blue Morpho was downed by the rain..it was stormy most of the time I was in Valle De Anton..This picture was taken while the butterfly was drying on our cabin porch..

Narva Patch..Springtime was in the air..

Orange Patch Crescent

Tiger Eye Hairstreak
It was sweet to see butterflies in February..but now they are returning to my garden..let the season of 'flying flowers' begin!

Butterflies are dainty little creatures that hardly exixt at all, they come out of nowhere, search quietly for a few limited things, and disappear into nothingness again, perhaps to some other world..~Haruki Murakami


11 comments:

  1. ahhhh! No fair hiding spider pix in a blog about butterflies! :-O (it was just a little shriek, nothing to alarm the neighbors)

    What an awesome collection you saw, Cindy! I think I like the Orange Julius the best too, but that Blue Morpho is amazing...

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    1. Ha ha, just trying to keep you awake :-) Thanks for stopping by!

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  2. Beautiful, simply beautiful! I'm curious if that Golden headed Bolar suffers extreme mood swings. I'd either be a grey headed bolar or a fauxRed headed bolar...oh wait....that's bipolar

    ;)

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    1. Oh jeez, I'd better check that spam filter :D Thanks for making me smile!

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  3. My fave was the White Peacock--perfect exposure!

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  4. Wow!that orange butterfly is a real eye catcher! I'm only familiar with a few butterfly species but some of the ones in your photo look similar to some of the species in Connecticut that have different names.

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    1. And there were many of those orange guys..a sight for sore eyes..and yes, we have our versions of hairstreaks, metal marks & crescents! Nature is divine!

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  5. Beautiful collection of butterflies.

    Thank you for your support for my blog. I hope my new UK wildlife stories will be of interest to you as well.

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