On Dec 31, 2007 7:39 AM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mike wilson wrote: > > >> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> Can anyone help ID this fella? > >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d703021_Moth.jpg > > > >as already mentioned this is a Skipper butterfly, shown by the bend > >just before the club of the antennae. Excellent work to get such a > >good picture of one - these are usually as active as a caffiened-up > >Jack Russell. But they are notoriously difficult to identify. Good luck. > > A list lurker sent me this link: > http://www.toledo-bend.us/enlarge.shtml?caption=Silver-Spotted+Skipper+Butterfly&pic=gallery/skippers/IMG_40911w > > Looks like my skipper. > > At least, that's what I'm going to call it. One web site I went to > noted that "positive identification can only be achieved through > dissection of the male genitalia", which is significantly more > involvement than I care for simply to get a photo caption (even though > I did have a pathologist with me when I got this shot). > > Oh yes: K10D and 16-50 f/2.8
Thats quite a sharp photo. Are you liking the 16-50 Dave > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
