Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice Jim, the second picture is my favorite Lluis > El 27 set 2016, a les 17:38, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va > escriure: > > 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.TIFF.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.html > > 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