Day of the Butterflies
Marty June 4th, 2006
I haven’t had a lot of time to get out and do photography, even on the weekends. But last week - in the midst of a hectic and super busy schedule on a short week - I found myself waiting for some creative to be able to create a user test. I had already been burning it at both ends for a week, plus was sick most of the weekend. I just needed to get out. So I did.
A quick run over to Valley Forge National Park - about 5 minutes away - gave me a little less than an hour to wander around a small part of the park to see what there was to see. I found a little woodland field, and it was filled to the brim with small birds and smaller butterflies. It wasn’t a long hike, like I said, but it was enough to get me moving and get some pretty nice shots with my new camera.
In case you’re curious, all three of these ‘butterflies’ are really skippers - a sort of half-butterfly, half-moth insect that generally are grouped with butterflies even though physiologically they exhibit many features which separate them from the larger butterfly order. The one to the left is a Tawny-edged Skipper, while the two below are a Least Skipper (left) and a skipper that I still haven’t been able to ID.
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