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[THXGEEK]

Red-spotted Purple butterfly.

It looks like this one has been fighting - its missing the tip of its left wing.

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 100-400mm F4.5 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 640

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 100-400mm F4.5 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 640

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 100-400mm F4.5 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 640

If you thought 'Birds in Flight' were a challenge, try 'Butterflies in Flight'....

...Their flight paths are the real-life embodiment of Chaos Theory!

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

I believe this is an Atala butterfly.
I hope I can go back to this place to spot another, some are very pretty from top-side when their wings are open.

• Sony E 16-55mm F2.8 G
• 55.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 160

 

[THXGEEK]

One of the most useful aspects of Google AI (and others, I suppose) is the ability to drop in a jpg and it will identify the species with a fair amount of accuracy. In this case...

"The insect in the image is the Atala butterfly (Eumaeus atala), also commonly known as the coontie hairstreak"

Hopefully we can avoid AI's other less attractive attributes (SkyNet, anyone?).....