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Gordon Dietzman -- Worked with endangered species, am a wilderness canoeist, conservation educator, and nature photographer. Noah Ranger.
Minnesota, USA
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The painted lady has several eyespots on the underside the wing (usually four). The other species that may be confused with the painted lady is the American lady, which has only two eyespots. This is, indeed, a painted lady. A nice sequence of photos!
I'd agree with Shea, it is a honeybee.
This is a young female Autumn Meadowhawk. The yellow legs, in our area, tell us the species; the the tiny bump on the end and bottom of the tail tells us the gender. When mature it will be much redder, but will retain the yellow legs. In our area, I believe the autumn meadowhawk is the only meadowhawk species with yellow legs.
Nice spotting; very nice photograph. I'd second ForestDragon's ID....
Thank you all for your kind comments.
Thanks Ashley. I spent a bunch of time trying to find an ID in my guides and just kept coming up with nothing. Yet in the back of my mind I knew what this was. Thanks again...
Ava, Had to chuckle at your creative use...grin.
I used a Canon 5DII with a 300mm f4L plus 1.4x converter for the photos. I was aware that they had been seen as far south as Florida. That is unbelievable. I wonder why they would fly so far south? (Not that Florida is a bad place; I'm about ready to head there myself after this really cold and snowy winter.)
Thanks for the kind comments everyone. I've photographed owl irruptions before, but this may be a once in a lifetime event to see these owls in such numbers in our area. I have made several trips to this location as there are several in the area. They are, however, animals of great open spaces and I've only seen one this close before. Persistence pays off, I guess....grin.
