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The fritillaries have amazing patterns. I cannot begin to say how long I spend in trying to identify any. However, fritillary identification is a breeze, so to say, compared to the sulphur (or yellow) butterflies.
Below is (I'm fairly certain) a clouded sulphur (on the left) sharing a dandelion with a meadow fritillary (on the right). The fields around State College have many yellow butterflies, but I'm less likely to come across a fritillary.
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The following fritillary is somewhat obscured by blades of grass, but its pattern is so interesting that I thought it worthwhile to include. It's a variegated fritillary (and a little larger than a meadow fritillary).
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Thought for the day: A Clouded Yellow was a splendid movie, one of the few to be named after a butterfly. It was a murder mystery starring Trevor Howard and Jean Simmons.
Photo note: I used the Pentax *1st D for both photos. The first was taken in August 2005 with the SMC reflex 400-600mm lens, and the second in September 2006 with the SMC 1000mm reflex lens.
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