Help with ID

Posted by Gyrine on Sun Jul 03, 2005 2:50 am

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Thought I'd photograph flowers/blooms this morning but got this treat in the process.

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by D7avid on Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:12 am

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This appears to be a long taied skipper

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by Clive on Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:26 am

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Not too good with US flutterbyes, but could be long-tailed skipper or something closely related!

See: http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/an ... /2811.html

Lovely picture - wonderful contrast with the soft fluffy looking flowers - are they some kind of willow or am I way off the mark?

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by Wil Hershberger on Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:47 am

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Looks like a long-tailed skipper to me too.
Terrific shot too. I really like the flower that the buttterfly is on.
Thanks for posting,

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by MikeBinOK on Sun Jul 03, 2005 11:34 am

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The OOF flower behind the butterfly helps set him off from the bg, and improves the shot (in my opinion).

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by Michael Brown on Sun Jul 03, 2005 12:08 pm

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Certainly no nits to be found here! Excellent shot Kevin!!

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by jorgedelucca on Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:34 pm

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Beautiful!!!

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by Gyrine on Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:05 am

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Thanks for the comments. I did a little research with some of your help and it looks like I have a Brown Longtailed Skipper. As for the blooms, this tree is in the Acacia family. I believe it's Guajillo.
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by Neil Fitzgerald on Mon Jul 04, 2005 3:20 am

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The OOF flower certainly lifts the moth. Nice image.

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by Tom Whelan on Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:23 pm

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Fine shot! The flowers are a wonderful perch.

Not a butterfly I know from my area, but this could also be Teleus Longtail (Urbanus teleus). The faint whitish markings look like this species. But Brown Longtail can have some as well- a good look at the full upperside should tell you, Teleus should have prominent whitish bands.

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by Gyrine on Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:06 am

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In case there are any late vieweres of this post, I was incorrect in the flower ID. It's from a Tepeguaje tree, not Guajillo. The two leaves look very similar but the former takes a tree form while the latter takes a shrub form. Both are native in this area.

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