Blue and Brown Clipper / Parthenos sylvia
Tiger Longwing butterfly / Heliconius hecale
Butterfly eggs
The edge of a Lily pad
Julia Heliconian / Dryas iulia
Cabbage White butterfly
Ready to trap an unwary insect
Carnivorous Sundew
Pink Monkeyflower / Mimulus lewisii
The colours of fall
Hiding between the rocks
Could these be Bird's-nest fungi?
Simplicity
Oak leaf and insect gall
Water Smartweed / Polygonum amphibium
Red beauty on a scree slope
Wild Lily-of-the-valley
Fall colour
Long gone, but memories remain
Checkered Skipper sp.?
Purity
Same kind of flower as yesterday's
Goodbye fall, hello winter!
Dragonfly - Black Meadowhawk?
Pine Grosbeak male feeding on berries
Masked Cardinal at the edge of Caroni Swamp
Plant from the Whaleback
Tent Caterpillar
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Chrysothemis pulchella, Trinidad
Tropical plant, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Black-throated Mango, Asa Wright, Trinidad
On a rainy day in Trinidad
Victoria Water Lily / Victoria amazonica
Blue Himalayan Poppy
Common Wood-Nymph / Cercyonis pegala
Rough cocklebur / Xanthium strumarium
Mountain Ash berries
Maple sp.?
When fall comes after 'winter'
Fall colours
Day 12, male Firefly, probably in genus Photinus,…
Larvae tunnel pattern
Colours of fall
Stink Bug / Banasa dimidiata
White Admiral
Delicate edging of a lily pad
Common Sargeant
A quick fix
Mexican Longwing / Heliconius hortense
Simplicity
Fall colours
Almost like art
Cabbage White butterfly
I'm ready to eat you
Clasped
Paper Kite
Julia Heliconian / Dryas iulia
Julia Heliconian / Dryas iulia
Police Car Moth caterpillar
Leaf patterns
Roll on spring and summer!
The trail of a snail
Tussock Moth caterpillar sp.
Is this an Orsodacnid Leaf Beetle
40 million years old
Tussock Moth caterpillar
Larvae tunnels
Floating
A new arrival
Swiss Chard
Silver Maple
In my garden
Hewitson's Longwing / Heliconius hewitsoni
Tropical green
Red
Orange beauty with spots
Common Sargeant / Athyma perius
I don't have a name yet, other than "beautiful"
Zebra Longwing caterpillar?
Common Sargeant, Athyma perius
Banded Orange / Dryadula phaetusa
Common Indian Crow / Euploea core
Julia Heliconian / Dryas iulia
Banded Orange / Dryadula phaetusa
Two-spotted Ladybug with a difference
The jaws of death
Frozen
Fall, last year
Incomplete beauty
Roadmap for bugs
Paper Kite
Colours of fall
Dying Venus
Tiger-striped Longwing / Heliconius ismenius telch…
Nature's artwork
Sacred Lotus bud
Hidden bokeh
Malachite butterfly / Siproeta stelenes
Insect galls on a Willow leaf
Forest floor
Light tricks
Two-spotted Ladybug
Blue Morpho
Venus Flytrap
Carnivorous Sundew
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Tiger Longwing butterfly / Heliconius hecale
This photo was taken four days ago, on 8 September 2015. In the morning, I joined a group of friends for a three-hour stroll at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. 38 bird species were seen, though I didn't manage to see any of the tiny, fast-moving Warblers. It was good to see 28 Wood Ducks, but they were far, far away, in an area that is still closed due to devastating flood damage. The Sanctuary had been closed for about two years for this reason and only very recently re-opened just a part of the area.
The Calgary Zoo is very close to the Sanctuary, so after our morning walk, I decided to call in at the Zoo. I hadn't been for about a year and I really missed going there. Of course, many of the garden flowers were past their prime, but I did find a few that were fit to photograph.
I knew I wouldn't be able to walk far, having already been walking all morning, but I really wanted to get to the ENMAX Conservatory to see what was going on. I had been longing all summer to see the tropical butterflies and plants. The butterfly season will be coming to an end for these tropical beauties, but there were still plenty of them to be seen. Also, this month, the parking lot that I use will close for the winter and I don't like the drive back home from the north parking area, using Deerfoot Trail, so tend not to go to the Zoo all winter.
There was so much activity going on at the Zoo the other day. People everywhere, carrying large animals wrapped in white, protective coverings, preparing for the upcoming ILLUMINASIA, Lantern & Garden Festival. Each animal is an individual lantern and there are so many of them. I noticed that several of the real animals in their enclosures were watching all the unaccustomed activity, which made me smile.
A good day, despite the overcast sky, and plenty of photo opportunities. Recently, I have been finding far fewer things to photograph, with fall on its way, so a day like this was more than welcome.
The Calgary Zoo is very close to the Sanctuary, so after our morning walk, I decided to call in at the Zoo. I hadn't been for about a year and I really missed going there. Of course, many of the garden flowers were past their prime, but I did find a few that were fit to photograph.
I knew I wouldn't be able to walk far, having already been walking all morning, but I really wanted to get to the ENMAX Conservatory to see what was going on. I had been longing all summer to see the tropical butterflies and plants. The butterfly season will be coming to an end for these tropical beauties, but there were still plenty of them to be seen. Also, this month, the parking lot that I use will close for the winter and I don't like the drive back home from the north parking area, using Deerfoot Trail, so tend not to go to the Zoo all winter.
There was so much activity going on at the Zoo the other day. People everywhere, carrying large animals wrapped in white, protective coverings, preparing for the upcoming ILLUMINASIA, Lantern & Garden Festival. Each animal is an individual lantern and there are so many of them. I noticed that several of the real animals in their enclosures were watching all the unaccustomed activity, which made me smile.
A good day, despite the overcast sky, and plenty of photo opportunities. Recently, I have been finding far fewer things to photograph, with fall on its way, so a day like this was more than welcome.
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