Butterfly

I was walking in the park yesterday and was able to snap this guy sitting on
a rock. Using my new 30D
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...0746915cFOfql#
Can anyone identify him ? and any comments welcome

Thanks
Mike

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:53:06 -0400, "Mike" wrote:

I was walking in the park yesterday and was able to snap this guy sitting on
a rock. Using my new 30D
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...0746915cFOfql#
Can anyone identify him ? and any comments welcome

That's a moth, not a butterfly. If no one here can identify it, you
definitely will get the answer in sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera
Or you can post at http://www.johncodygallery.com/photopost/

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:53:06 -0400, Mike wrote:

I was walking in the park yesterday and was able to snap this guy sitting on
a rock. Using my new 30D
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...0746915cFOfql#
Can anyone identify him ? and any comments welcome

Also when you post pictures like this it is helpful to include your
location.

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Thanks Don

I am in Ohio USA

That Moth was taken in Ashtabula on the shore of Lake Erie

Mike

"Don Wiss" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:53:06 -0400, Mike wrote:

I was walking in the park yesterday and was able to snap this guy sitting
on
a rock. Using my new 30D
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...0746915cFOfql#
Can anyone identify him ? and any comments welcome

Also when you post pictures like this it is helpful to include your
location.

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Sorry Don,even a kid knows that the picture is of a butterfly. Moths have
comb antenna.
http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools.../mothorbutterf
ly.html


On 7/23/06 11:14 AM, in article ,
"Don Wiss" wrote:

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:53:06 -0400, "Mike" wrote:

I was walking in the park yesterday and was able to snap this guy sitting on
a rock. Using my new 30D
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...0746915cFOfql#
Can anyone identify him ? and any comments welcome

That's a moth, not a butterfly. If no one here can identify it, you
definitely will get the answer in sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera
Or you can post at http://www.johncodygallery.com/photopost/

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).



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On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:53:06 -0400, Mike wrote:


I was walking in the park yesterday and was able to snap this guy sitting
on
a rock. Using my new 30D
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...0746915cFOfql#
Can anyone identify him ? and any comments welcome


Probably a pipevine swallowtail butterfly. ID based upon swallowtail
wing shape and iridescent blue hind wings.



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It Came From Corry Lee Smith's Unclaimed Mysteries.
http://www.unclaimedmysteries.net

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:53:06 -0400, "Mike" wrote:

I was walking in the park yesterday and was able to snap this guy sitting on
a rock. Using my new 30D
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...0746915cFOfql#
Can anyone identify him ? and any comments welcome

Thanks
Mike




You snapped a Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor.

That is a spilotical amorphous butterfly, commonly found on the shores of
Lake Titicaca.

"Mike" wrote in message
...
I was walking in the park yesterday and was able to snap this guy sitting
on
a rock. Using my new 30D
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...0746915cFOfql#
Can anyone identify him ? and any comments welcome

Thanks
Mike

Don Wiss wrote:

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:53:06 -0400, "Mike" wrote:

I was walking in the park yesterday and was able to snap this guy sitting
on a rock. Using my new 30D
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...0746915cFOfql#
Can anyone identify him ? and any comments welcome

That's a moth, not a butterfly. If no one here can identify it, you
definitely will get the answer in sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera
Or you can post at http://www.johncodygallery.com/photopost/

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

I am curious as to what leads you to the conclusion that it is a moth.

--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

J. Clarke wrote:
Don Wiss wrote:

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:53:06 -0400, "Mike" wrote:

I was walking in the park yesterday and was able to snap this guy sitting
on a rock. Using my new 30D
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...0746915cFOfql#
Can anyone identify him ? and any comments welcome

That's a moth, not a butterfly. If no one here can identify it, you
definitely will get the answer in sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera
Or you can post at http://www.johncodygallery.com/photopost/

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

I am curious as to what leads you to the conclusion that it is a moth.

--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Actually, this old science teacher is gonna chime in that it is
definitely not a moth--the wire-like antennae are a butterfly
trait--moths' are fuzzy!

Paul B.