Winged Beauty Butterflies
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I tell true stories about the art and science of photographing these fascinating insects! Butterflies captured my imagination as a young boy growing up in Brooklyn, New York. At the time, small fields still existed in the city and I would go there to watch and marvel at the bejeweled creatures.
Winged Beauty Butterflies
3y ago
I love all of these 6 images. Those 4 butterflies? I was incredulous, near shocked that I would have an opportunity to see them, much less photograph them. 2 taken in the HolyLand (Israel), one in the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas and the Pearly Eye Butterfly was discovered in Raccoon Creek State Park ..read more
Winged Beauty Butterflies
3y ago
winged beauty.com will stop posting. The last day that we will share with you will be April 30, 2021. Those 12 years? I Loved them. Some of you have gone, some have begun visiting recently, some have been with us for these wonderful years. There are images that I Love more than I can explain ..read more
Winged Beauty Butterflies
3y ago
It’s Good to see so many sharing beautiful images of Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterflies seen this April 2021 in Georgia. Not going to ask why there’s been a nice increase in this exquisite butterfly. More helpful would be a share of which hostplants nurture and attract them. Parsley, rue and their closely related plants ..read more
Winged Beauty Butterflies
3y ago
Facebook posts of Meadow Fritillary Butterflies are infrequent. Those who do put up those posts often add that Meadow Fritillary Butterflies seem to be slowly disappearing from their present habitat. They may well be fewer and fewer in number, and that is concerning. Glassberg’s A Swift Guide to Butterflies of North America has Meadow Frits ..read more
Winged Beauty Butterflies
3y ago
Frieda A”H (OBM!) had passed in January. That was one battle that I could not see to victory, a fight that I could not . . . . I stood by myself at her funeral, lost and alone, despite all who were there. After those nearly 8 years, I was a mess. Caretaker for her ..read more
Winged Beauty Butterflies
3y ago
I have loved sharing wingedbeauty.com with you for more than 10 years. It has been my pleasure to bring images of butterflies to you. Images of wildflowers to you. Share images of Petra, now days away from her 11th birthday, and beginning to experience older age. I Thank Carolyn Speranza for these 10 years ..read more
Winged Beauty Butterflies
3y ago
I was excited to read his Facebook post yesterday. He shared an image of a Northern Metalmark Butterfly. He wrote that it was some worn and faded, But, he, a well known, knowledgeable butterfly seeker, noted that Northern Metalmarks are imperiled, difficult to find, and that their future is uncertain. I read his shared information ..read more
Winged Beauty Butterflies
3y ago
She’s depositing eggs on this Milkweed leaf. Most of us know that the numbers of Monarch butterflies seen these last years is low, very low. Low enough to deeply concern many of us. Why? Why have the numbers of Monarch butterflies collapsed? The conifer forests that they visit wintertime, in the mountains of central Mexico ..read more
Winged Beauty Butterflies
3y ago
Wanted to meet the elegant regal Fritillary Butterfly, and I waited years and year for the opportunity. When I finally first saw this special butterfly, at Ft. Indiantown Gap near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, I was moved, ecstatic and moved. Yes! It was as beautiful and I had anticipated it would be. This male was happily nectaring ..read more
Winged Beauty Butterflies
3y ago
She’s depositing eggs on this Milkweed leaf. Most of us know that the numbers of Monarch butterflies seen these last years is low, very low. Low enough to deeply concern many of us. Why? Why have the numbers of Monarch butterflies collapsed? The conifer forests that they visit wintertime, in the mountains of central Mexico ..read more