Butterflies, Skippers, Moths all but a very few taken in the wild (Walnut Creek Open Space, Mt. Diablo, and national parks). Skippers are butterflies, but many confuse them with moths.
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Ethan Winning > Thread-waisted Wasp versus Anise Swallowtail Oak Flat Trail - Footnote: Nothing happened.
Ethan Winning > Anise Swallowtail Butterfly on Buckeye
Ethan Winning > Common Ringlet - Fossil Hill Trail - April 2012
Ethan Winning > Monarch Butterfly
Ethan Winning > Same Monarch Butterfly I don't know if it's the same bee.
Ethan Winning > Monarch Butterfly - Summer 2012 This one was so vibrant that he must have just emerged.
Ethan Winning > A Fiery Skipper's version of the Bronx Cheer. Use the dictionary if you must. As for the photo, I think the simplicity and back-lighting are the keys, well, that and the tongue. But butterflies do not always land in uncluttered "fields," and so I thank this Fiery Skipper for doing so. (And yes, a skipper is a butterfly, not a moth.)
Ethan Winning > Common Ringlet - Upper Shell Ridge Trail Subspecies of the First Ringlet in this Gallery
Ethan Winning > White Cabbage Butterfly on Coyote Mint
Ethan Winning > White Cabbage Butterfly
Ethan Winning > Arizona Ringlet Butterfly - Ridge Trail June 2011 Not easily seen.
Ethan Winning > White Hairstreak Beautifully Camouflaged
Ethan Winning > Northwest Variable Checkerspot - Buckeye Trail What makes it unique isn't the checkerspots, but the red leading edges on its wings. But this is a variation of the Variable.
Ethan Winning > Variable Checkerspot Fresh From Cocoon
Ethan Winning > (Regular) Variable Checkerspot
Thread-waisted Wasp versus Anise Swallowtail

Oak Flat Trail - Footnote: Nothing happened.
Ethan Winning > Thread-waisted Wasp versus Anise Swallowtail Oak Flat Trail - Footnote: Nothing happened.
Thread-waisted Wasp versus Anise Swallowtail

Oak Flat Trail - Footnote: Nothing happened.
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