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**ramseybuckeye** · 09-19-2018, 05:42 PM - **4 Likes**

Hackberry Emperorer

Orange Sulphur

Pearl Crescent

Silver Spotted Skipper

Cabbage White Female

Cabbage White Male

Eastern Tailed Blue

**Knock** · 09-19-2018, 10:36 PM - **4 Likes**

I don't have the opportunity to see a Luna Moth very often, once a year if I'm lucky. I was lucky enough to notice this one in the bushes at the end of my driveway as I parked one night. I had to leave my car lights on to have any chance of seeing him, much less taking a picture of him. I set the ISO at 12800 and hoped for the best. After some heavy handed editing this is what I ended up with--I still can't get over how good the high iso capabilities of the modern pentax cameras are. K70 with tam 90.

**jacamar** · 09-23-2018, 12:36 PM - **1 Like**

Monarch on asters today

bluestringer · 09-23-2018, 04:15 PM - **2 Likes**

I think it's a polyphemus moth. Looks like it has some wing damage...........

Last edited by bluestringer; 04-13-2019 at 03:51 PM.

**MossyRocks** · 09-24-2018, 05:44 PM - **1 Like**

Never really studied moths or butterflies so not sure what this guy is. I was about 10 feet away so this was cropped down a fair amount and was resampled to slightly smaller than a 100% crop.

Camera: K-3
Lens: Sigma 300mm APO f/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/320
Aperture: F/8

**KC0PET** · 10-03-2018, 07:56 PM - **2 Likes**

Bud · 10-03-2018, 08:53 PM - **5 Likes**

Zebra Swallowtail on tithonia rotundifolia
k-5IIs and DA*300
1/800s f/7.1 at 300.0mm iso320

Zebra Swallowtail on Purple Porterweed
K-5IIs and FA77 Limited
1/640s f/4.5 at 77.0mm iso800

swanlefitte · 10-06-2018, 01:36 PM - **2 Likes**

Bud · 10-08-2018, 07:52 PM - **3 Likes**

Pipevine Swallowtails mating
K-5IIs and DA*300

Monarchs mating

swanlefitte · 10-11-2018, 07:02 PM

Bud · 10-20-2018, 12:25 PM - **5 Likes**

Red-spotted Purple

Their iridescence really pops in direct sunlight...

**paulh** · 10-30-2018, 09:00 AM - **1 Like**

A difficult sun/shade photo of some unexpected wildflowers (cosmos?) along the creek:

Bud · 10-30-2018, 09:18 AM - **7 Likes**

Giant Swallowtail on tithonia rotundifolia 'Mexican Sunflower'

Hummingbird Clearwing Moth and monarda 'Jacob Cline'

Snowberry Clearwing Moth and butterfly bush

**noelcmn** · 10-31-2018, 07:00 AM - **2 Likes**

WOW, this thread has been producing magic!

**robgski** · 11-01-2018, 06:05 AM - **4 Likes**

Beautiful photos from all of you. Here are a few from October, at a butterfly house in Richmond VA. Taken with an FA-77mm on a K-1
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09-19-2018, 10:36 PM - 4 Likes	#497
Knock Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Montgomery, AL Posts: 467	I don't have the opportunity to see a Luna Moth very often, once a year if I'm lucky. I was lucky enough to notice this one in the bushes at the end of my driveway as I parked one night. I had to leave my car lights on to have any chance of seeing him, much less taking a picture of him. I set the ISO at 12800 and hoped for the best. After some heavy handed editing this is what I ended up with--I still can't get over how good the high iso capabilities of the modern pentax cameras are. K70 with tam 90. Attached Images

09-24-2018, 05:44 PM - 1 Like	#500
MossyRocks Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Minnesota Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,982	A moth I think Never really studied moths or butterflies so not sure what this guy is. I was about 10 feet away so this was cropped down a fair amount and was resampled to slightly smaller than a 100% crop. Camera: K-3 Lens: Sigma 300mm APO f/4 ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/320 Aperture: F/8

11-01-2018, 06:05 AM - 4 Likes	#510
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,817	Beautiful photos from all of you. Here are a few from October, at a butterfly house in Richmond VA. Taken with an FA-77mm on a K-1 [IMG][/IMG] I need to look up the names of these [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]

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