Post by BuckSkin on Jul 15, 2022 3:24:53 GMT
These butterflies have a pattern much like the Monarch, except it is black trim on yellow.
They were common as flies when I was a kid and I hardly ever see them now.
Lately, a huge one has been teasing me; he is huge; as big as a coffee saucer.
He will unexpectedly come through and actually hit me as he passes and within seconds be plumb on the other side of the farm and over the tops of fifty-foot trees.
Day before yesterday, he lit about three feet in front of me; I got a real good look at him; however, my camera was "asleep" and the last thing I had taken a photo of was a high-flying buzzard; so, my focus was past Infinity when it needed to be at three feet.
Needless to say, by the time my gear got into the action, he was plumb across the field and going over the timber.
I see him nearly ever time I am outside without a camera.
It has become my quest and ambition to get some good photos of him.
I will repeat -- these were common and probably the most seen butterfly around here way back when I was a kid.
Tonight, I got curious and decided I would look them up and see what they are called ----- much to my surprise, I cannot find a single reference to them; everything points to a swallowtail --- I KNOW what a swallowtail is and he is no swallowtail.
There are tons of printed likenesses that look just like him, but no descriptive documentation nor live photos that I can find.
I am not hallucinating; I have gotten several good looks at this dude and he looks just like I remember them from my childhood.
Anyone have an idea what he could be ?
They were common as flies when I was a kid and I hardly ever see them now.
Lately, a huge one has been teasing me; he is huge; as big as a coffee saucer.
He will unexpectedly come through and actually hit me as he passes and within seconds be plumb on the other side of the farm and over the tops of fifty-foot trees.
Day before yesterday, he lit about three feet in front of me; I got a real good look at him; however, my camera was "asleep" and the last thing I had taken a photo of was a high-flying buzzard; so, my focus was past Infinity when it needed to be at three feet.
Needless to say, by the time my gear got into the action, he was plumb across the field and going over the timber.
I see him nearly ever time I am outside without a camera.
It has become my quest and ambition to get some good photos of him.
I will repeat -- these were common and probably the most seen butterfly around here way back when I was a kid.
Tonight, I got curious and decided I would look them up and see what they are called ----- much to my surprise, I cannot find a single reference to them; everything points to a swallowtail --- I KNOW what a swallowtail is and he is no swallowtail.
There are tons of printed likenesses that look just like him, but no descriptive documentation nor live photos that I can find.
I am not hallucinating; I have gotten several good looks at this dude and he looks just like I remember them from my childhood.
Anyone have an idea what he could be ?
