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Belize: Best of the Butterflies
Took quite a few pics of butterflies; posting the best here. Wish I had room for my macro lens, but took my butterfly binoculars instead and took shots of these guys with a telephoto. The butterfly binoculars are a great way to see butterflies up-close.
More butterflies (and a moth) on the "jump" below.
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Wade Wander tells me that the
moth is a female Black Witch! -
Thanks, Deedee!
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Moth couls be a Black Witch
or relative, they are huge! -
By the way, GREAT pictures!!
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First one is a Mexican Cycadian
The other is no moth but a butterfly, a Carolina Satyr
Next one is a Mangrove Buckeye
The next on is a Variable Cracker
That last one I am still trying to figure out, possibly a moth!
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Deedee Burnside
Wade Wander tells me that the
moth is a female Black Witch!
Jim Wright
Thanks, Deedee!
Deedee Burnside
Moth couls be a Black Witch
or relative, they are huge!
Deedee Burnside
By the way, GREAT pictures!!
Deedee Burnside
First one is a Mexican Cycadian
The other is no moth but a butterfly, a Carolina Satyr
Next one is a Mangrove Buckeye
The next on is a Variable Cracker
That last one I am still trying to figure out, possibly a moth!