Blue Jay's butterflies Dec 2011/2012

[Blue Jay]

10 Dec 2011
Hot hot BBQed day!
Guess!

Common Tiger(male)

Black Veined Tiger(male)

Blue Glassy Tiger

Common Grass Yellow

Mottled Emigrant


Continuing...

[Blue Jay]

10 Dec 2011
Leopard Lacewing(Male)



Pea Blue


Cheers

[moloch]

Brian,
Nice photos. I really like the lacewing shots. They are such beauties.

The distribution of the pea blue amazes me. I saw those in Italy and then more recently in the Blue Mountains of Australia. They certainly are adaptable!

Regards,

[Blue Jay]

Brian,
Nice photos. I really like the lacewing shots. They are such beauties.

The distribution of the pea blue amazes me. I saw those in Italy and then more recently in the Blue Mountains of Australia. They certainly are adaptable!

Thanks Uncle David for the encouraging words and info on the pea blue.

[Banded Yeoman]

Brian, your shots are very delightful!

They are always a joy to look at and I think you are very talented. I must say your camera does excellent dof! Well done!

[Blue Jay]

Brian, your shots are very delightful!

They are always a joy to look at and I think you are very talented. I must say your camera does excellent dof! Well done!

Thanks Jonathan! I think I will be using the Canon Powershot S95 most of the time from now onwards. However, this is not the best of this camera yet. And I would like to know what is the dof you were talking about?

[Banded Yeoman]

DOF means "depth of field". Do a google search and you should find lots of information. Wiki has a good explanation. It's what makes a pile of leaves behind a butterfly turn into a creamy green backdrop in our shots.

[Blue Jay]

14 Dec 2011
Low butt activity at the usual Hougang area where I hunt during lunch today
#1 Chocolate Pansy sorry for poor quality, still learning how to use that "new" camera

Cheers

[Blue Jay]

15 Dec 2011
Here's the the checklist(recorded so far) at the location along Hougang St 61.
1.Lime Butterfly
2.Chocolate Pansy
3.Common Palmfly
4.Yellow Palm Dart
5.Small Branded Swift
6.Tailed Jay
7.Leopard
8.Plain Tiger
9.Lemon or Mottled Emigrant or both
10.Common Dartlet
11.Cycad Blue
12.Painted Jezebel
13.Lesser Grass Blue

Coming back with a slightly better shot from the same location in Hougang as well...
Cheers
#1 Common Dartlet

[Blue Jay]

16 Dec 2011@Sengkang
Next up, AN ARHOPALA +2, ANOTHER SPECIES TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION!

It was only my third arhopala sighting, and I did not expect a good shot, but here it is!

Proudly presenting: THE CENTAUR OAKBLUE!!!
Cheers