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alfredo

(60,071 posts) Wed Aug 29, 2018, 05:01 PM Aug 2018

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Black Swallowtail aspirant.

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Black Swallowtail aspirant. (Original Post) alfredo Aug 2018 OP

A face only a mother could love. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #1

Then why did she abandon her spawn on a basil plant? alfredo Aug 2018 #5

Bug! Beautiful bug! Love bugs! Great bug shot! Solly Mack Aug 2018 #2

Iwas just starting to uproot the plant when I saw the catepillar. alfredo Aug 2018 #6

Nice head and shoulders portrait. flamin lib Aug 2018 #3

I am thinking of relocating it, but it has moved n. alfredo Aug 2018 #7

Great capture, alfredo! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2018 #4

Thanks. I used the Sigma 30mm 2.8, a $200 lens. alfredo Aug 2018 #8

i REALLY like this photo! Callalily Aug 2018 #9

Thanks. Being there increases your luck. . alfredo Aug 2018 #12

So cute!!!! Little fatso! BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2018 #10

I tried to get a photo with his "horns" out, but I wasn't fast enough. alfredo Aug 2018 #13

Love these Rebl2 Aug 2018 #11

I will see about getting some Asclepias tuberosa (Butterflyweed) I know where to plant it. alfredo Aug 2018 #14

How did you ever get that shot? mnhtnbb Aug 2018 #16

I move so slow they confuse me with slime mold alfredo Aug 2018 #17

That is one very cool shot. mnhtnbb Aug 2018 #15

It was too lovely to pass up. alfredo Aug 2018 #18

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)

1. A face only a mother could love.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 05:03 PM

Aug 2018

Great picture!

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

5. Then why did she abandon her spawn on a basil plant?

Reply to Crutchez_CuiBono (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 06:37 PM

Aug 2018

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)

2. Bug! Beautiful bug! Love bugs! Great bug shot!

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 05:17 PM

Aug 2018

Bug!

Happy!

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

6. Iwas just starting to uproot the plant when I saw the catepillar.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 06:39 PM

Aug 2018

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)

3. Nice head and shoulders portrait.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 05:54 PM

Aug 2018

If you want these plant full weed. Lots and lots of full weed.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

7. I am thinking of relocating it, but it has moved n.

Reply to flamin lib (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 06:40 PM

Aug 2018

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,587 posts)

4. Great capture, alfredo!

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 06:25 PM

Aug 2018

Incredible detail and super sharp focus.

Wow.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

8. Thanks. I used the Sigma 30mm 2.8, a $200 lens.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 06:43 PM

Aug 2018

I bought it used for much less.

I want to buy their 60 mm 2.8. A new computer is a higher priority.

Callalily

(14,889 posts)

9. i REALLY like this photo!

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Thu Aug 30, 2018, 07:37 AM

Aug 2018

Glad that you spotted him!

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

12. Thanks. Being there increases your luck. .

Reply to Callalily (Reply #9)

Thu Aug 30, 2018, 11:00 AM

Aug 2018

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

10. So cute!!!! Little fatso!

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Thu Aug 30, 2018, 07:52 AM

Aug 2018

☺️💚

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

13. I tried to get a photo with his "horns" out, but I wasn't fast enough.

Reply to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #10)

Thu Aug 30, 2018, 11:01 AM

Aug 2018

Rebl2

(13,492 posts)

11. Love these

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Thu Aug 30, 2018, 10:50 AM

Aug 2018

swallowtail caterpillars. We’ve had them on our curly leaf parsley. Actually that’s why we plant it so hopefully they lay their eggs on it. We also have some asclepia for monarchs to lay eggs on and have had several caterpillars the last few weeks.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

14. I will see about getting some Asclepias tuberosa (Butterflyweed) I know where to plant it.

Reply to Rebl2 (Reply #11)

Thu Aug 30, 2018, 11:18 AM

Aug 2018

Monarchs seem to like Zinnia. The front of my townhouse is open, the back abuts a woods. The Black Swallowtail likes the wooded area.

mnhtnbb

(31,382 posts)

16. How did you ever get that shot?

Reply to alfredo (Reply #14)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 06:08 PM

Aug 2018

Monarchs never pose for me like that!

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

17. I move so slow they confuse me with slime mold

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #16)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 07:29 PM

Aug 2018

Maybe coming at them from below doesn’t register as a threat. The flowers towered over me, allowing for isolating them against the sky.

mnhtnbb

(31,382 posts)

15. That is one very cool shot.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 06:07 PM

Aug 2018

Such a colorful caterpillar!

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

18. It was too lovely to pass up.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #15)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 07:33 PM

Aug 2018

Some were shot with a manual lens, the rest with an AF lens. This was the only image I liked enough to show.

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