| Silver-Spotted Skipper | June 28, 2009 |
| The silver-spotted skipper was particularly restless, flying from one leaf to another. No sooner would I achieve focus when off it went, but the skipper gave me a fair chance as it stayed by the same bush for over five minutes. I call that true butterfly cooperation. |
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At first I thought the butterfly might be a hoary edge, but there is one crucial difference. The hoary edge has a white spot with a diffuse border on the underwing; the silver-spotted skipper has a white spot with a hard border.
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The white-spotted skipper is about the same size as a cabbage white, which is the most common white butterfly one can see in the US northeast.
Photo note:I used the Pentax K200D, with the 1000mm SMC reflex lens, on June 14, 2009 for these photos. I also had the K *1st D, with the SMC-A* 200mm macro lens, on hand, but I couldn't get close enough to the butterfly to use 200mm successfully. | ||
