[Leica] A Tale of Two Butterflies

[Ted Grant]

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


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