Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jim, Now there's a post with photos well worth opening and really taking the time to read, enjoy the images and learn something really useful! One reads, views and learns a tidbit of nature that someday you happen to be, by accident, caught in conversation with some butterfly folks. And you pop out with a few comments of interesting knowledge and become possibly "KING of the butterfly WORLD?" :-) HOWEVER? "Don't get caught sounding like some kind of know it all" and blow your moment or two of credibility! :-) :-) cheers, Dr. ted :-) -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim Nichols Sent: September-27-16 8:38 AM To: LUG at Leica-Users.org; Olympus Camera Discussion Subject: [Leica] A Tale of Two Butterflies I would like to clear up the butterfly puzzle that has been bothering me since yesterday, when I posted two shots of a blue-gray butterfly that I called a Gray Hairstreak, because it appears in several on-line photo sets under that name. However, I had captured a Gray Hairstreak three weeks earlier, and the markings were somewhat different. After consulting with Dean Hansen, the OM list butterfly authority, I now know that the recent sighting is an "Eastern Tailed Blue". Dean kindly pointed out the specific markings that detail the differences. I have corrected the titles and will add the links below in case anyone wants to take another look. Eastern Tailed Blue (the tail is more visible in the next image) http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gray+Hairstreak+on+Goldenrod.TI FF.html http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gray+Hairstreak+2.TIFF.html A Gray Hairstreak captured with my 1890 Ross London lens http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Soldier+_amp_+Hairstreak.TIFF.h tml Note the difference in alignment of the spots on the outer part of the wings, as well as the blue spot between the two orange spots. Thanks for your patience. And thanks again, Dean, for the quick response and help. -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus