The forewings and hindwings of a resting Zabulon Skipper sit perpendicular to each other, creating a profile that resembles a fighter jet. These butterflies prefer woody areas and a nearby water source. Their range is from North Dakota south to Texas and to the east coast.
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Canon 60D
Canon 70-300mm @ 160mm
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1/1000 sec.
ISO 2000
Hand Held
Processed in ACR and PSE 2020 for exposure and cropping. Topaz De-noise applied.
Thanks @Shirley_Freeman and @Vanessa_Hill. I seem to have more skippers this year than I’ve ever seen here, Vanessa. I have photos of a couple other types of skippers I haven’t posted yet, but probably will, at some point.
Thanks for sharing this one, Terry. I’ve never seen a butterfly with this wing position before and never would have suspected such a thing existed. I really like the details here and wonder if using a radial filter to lighten the butterfly just a bit would help it stand out on that colorful flower? It might be worth a try since it’s such an interesting little dude.
My pleasure, Kris. He is an interesting little dude (and I do mean little - about 1/2"). I played around with this a bit and did lighten him. I’ll repost for review. Thanks
I’ve never seen one with this configuration either – fascinating! Neither one will enlarge for me, but they look like you have enough IQ to crop in for a closer view of the butterfly.
It looks pretty good even if we still have enlarging issues today. It’s really that small??? Wow. I had no idea and thought it was at least an inch or so. Teeny bugger.
Thanks @Diane_Miller . There seem to be site issues today that prevent enlargement. It took several attempts just to load the updated image. I took many images of this guy, so I’ll see if I have one I can crop for an isolated view of the skipper.
@Kris_Smith Yeah, his miniscule size was another thing that fascinated me. All those cool features in a creature one-half inch long.
