Black Swallowtail (caterpillar)
Papilio polyxenes
Hornsby Bend,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
20 April 2013
Yellow colored petals with a brownish center
Strange plant the tubular part of this plant has some very small bristle like hairs that will hold on to fabric
Perched in deep out of the sun
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First photo of one for this year and have only seen one other one yesterday
I am pretty sure this is a Nessus Sphinx (Amphion floridensis) after looking into this for a while.
08-29-2004_A Photo from the past :) Thought I should pose somethiing that wasn't a Dragonfly
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Overcast and bad light most of the morning and not any nice perching odes around so finally found a winecup that was actually growing tall enough I could photograph it in the open
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Young Male
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These I have been seeing for about a week but still not getting the photos I want
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Not a great shot but the first one of the year I have seen
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A very teneral one perched low to the ground
January 05 2012
One of my favorite species of sparrows along with swamp sparrows
December 18 2010
Had a cooperative Winter wren today got a lot of angles on this one :)
