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A Common Buckeye!!!
<<seriously excited shrieking>>
This butterfly has been on my wish list for years! I mean YEARS!!! I've never even SEEN one before!
(*they're supposed to be common - it's literally in the name - but they've felt like the white whale of butterflies for me lol.)
It was gone so fast. One quick stop & then it zoomed away. I was only able to get a few mediocre shots, but OMG! A Common Buckeye! FINALLY!!!
My heart is still pounding! 😂
#butterfly #Lepidoptera #TexasGarden #NaturePhotography
First damselfly sighting this year!
And hallelujah I actually got it in focus. 😂
I have the hardest time photographing damselflies. They're just so tiny. So I end up arguing w the camera, trying to convince it that yes, there *really is* something there to focus on!
[Side note: I need to learn how to use the manual settings on my camera. Someday lol.]
#damselfly #Odonata #insects #TexasGarden #NaturePhotography
Lovely Variegated fritillary yesterday afternoon.
First one this year!
(Side note: one of the best parts of spring is the arrival of each butterfly. I have a mental list of ~30 species or so that have visited my garden in the past. As each one arrives it's such a happy feeling - like "Ah, yes! There you are!")
Info & narrative in alt-text.
#butterfly #Lepidoptera #TexasGarden #NaturePhotography