Back home for a couple days, see what I found!

Female common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) view 2

Morning glory (family Convolvulaceae)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) on “Lo & Behold®” butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii ‘Blue Chip’)

Funnel web spider’s funnel (Family Agelenidae) with praying matis nearby

Bee on “Lo & Behold®” butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii ‘Blue Chip’)

Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) on “Lo & Behold®” butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii ‘Blue Chip’)

Praying mantis (Family Mantidae sp?) in a precarious situation

Female common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

Bee on Mint (Family Lamiaceae)

Family dog Holly (Canis lupus familiaris)

Silver-spotted Skipper
 (Epargyreus clarus) on “Lo & Behold®” butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii ‘Blue Chip’)

Praying mantis (Family Mantidae sp?) in a precarious situation view 2

Went home for a few days (7/29/2013) before fully moving back to Delaware from NC and here are some things I found around the yard at home. I am now fully returned to Delaware and will post some of my last pictures from NC in a few days.

Year in Nature Photography – Day 170

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) 1. notice the proboscis

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) 2

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) 3

Might be another female common whitetail dragonfly (Plathemis lydia)

Another dragonfly today, still just a guess on the species but based on other pictures from the  Delmarva Dragonflies and Damselflies site I think it’s close to the common whitetail dragonfly. My first eastern tiger swallowtail that actually “posed” for me today. In picture 1 you can clearly see the proboscis which is the straw like mouth part that butterflies and moths use to get at the nectar in flowers.

Year in Nature Photography – Day 158

Might be a female common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

Might be a female common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

Blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)

Two species of dragonflies. The blue dashers are still flitting around our pond. I managed to get a shot of what might be a female common whitetail, though hard to tell without a better view from the top of the dragonfly.