This past Friday morning about 8am I made the 9 to 10 block walk to our Technical High School after which Avenida 10 turns into a dirt road (Calle Nueva) that skirts Residencial Roca Verde and goes through some farms to the village of Rio Grande on the connector highway to Ruta 27 (our “semi-freeway”).
I did not have to go far to meet my goal! It was a good source of birds in the past, if I went early. But this time I sought butterflies and they don’t get out until about 8am. I was not disappointed! 🙂 In a couple of hours and 200 meters of dirt road, I saw and tried to photograph about 20 different species of butterflies and 6 species of dragonflies (that I’ll share soon).
I got useable photos of only 11 species of butterflies but 8 of these are totally new species for me (* starred pix titles), first time ever seen! And I identified all but one with my trusty butterfly book. Below is one shot for the email announcement and then a gallery of 11 different species of butterflies I saw last Friday morning. A nice morning! 🙂
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Pale-banded Crescent
¡Pura Vida!
For more butterfly photos, explore my Costa Rica Butterflies & Moths GALLERY that is now arranged by Taxonomy Families.
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing these pictures.
You are very welcome Gail! Or in Costa Rica Spanish: ¡Con gusto! which loosely translated is ” With pleasure!” or it is what I enjoy doing – photographing nature and sharing it on my blog, gallery and through photo books. I hope you keep following the blog! 🙂