One of my many “favorites” is the Tropical Buckeye, Junonia evarete or Junonia zonalis (linked to my gallery) is found throughout Central America, West Indies, Florida and the Southwestern U.S.
Tropical Buckeye
Turkey Vulture
Vultures are so common all over the world and so important to the health of the planet! And I just can’t resist trying to photograph one every once in a while! 🙂 This common one here is a Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura (my gallery link) is the same one you see in the United States. I think they are beautiful when flying, though their underside is always in the shadows! 🙂
You might be interested in my other galleries on different vultures both here and other places I’ve lived/traveled . . .
Continue reading “Turkey Vulture”New Species for me . . .
. . . the Straight-lined Sulphur, Phoebis trite (iNaturalist CR link with map of where seen here) or see three observations recorded on BAMONA. Not your every day butterfly! 🙂
Here’s my three shots . . .
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Other Nature, Calle Nueva . . .
For my last post on the Calle Nueva Walk, here’s 4 shots of other things I liked along this little dirt country road . . .
For more of him, see my Common Basilisk Gallery.
Continue reading “Other Nature, Calle Nueva . . .”Little Yellow
The Little Yellow – Pyrisitia lisa (my gallery link) is much more common in the eastern half of the U.S. than here, but he’s here too! 🙂
¡Pura Vida!
Laverna Metalmark
I used the iNaturalist A-I to hep identify this which, if correct is a new species for me. Laverna Metalmark, Calephelis laverna (iNaturalist link) is similar to other Metalmarks in my Metalmarks Gallery. I haven’t submitted it to iNaturalist yet, to see if the identifiers there agree with this ID. Here’s two shots from Calle Nueva . . .
¡Pura Vida!
Heraldica Clearwing
The Heraldica Clearwing, Ithomia heraldica (my gallery link) is a common-looking orange & black butterfly that’s found only in Costa Rica and Panama say some sources, while others say from Columbia to Mexico. Either way, mostly Central America. Here’s a couple of shots from my trek on Calle Nueva the other day.
Banded Yellow
or at least I am pretty sure that is the identification, Banded Yellow, Eurema elathea (my gallery link) and it is common to have all of these different colors (white, tan, yellow, orangey), but without a view of the top of wings (to see yellow & brown bands) it is difficult for an exact ID as there are others similar to this in the Pieridae family of butterflies. 🙂 Here’s four shots from Calle Nueva, all 4 different colors (but I think the same species) . . .
2 Butterfly Peacocks
seen on Calle Nueva that morning are the same as what I have regularly in my garden. Check out my photo collections in their two galleries with better photos than these two:
Barred Yellow that’s not very yellow
This Barred Yellow, Eurema daira (my gallery link) was in bright sunlight and thus the nicer colors that you can find in my gallery weren’t seen on that morning. 🙂
¡Pura Vida!