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  • A lovely dorsal view of a female Back Swallowtail sipping from a pink Hydrangea.
    Swallowtail - Black Female Dorsal 1.tif
  • Close up of a dorsal view of a Postman clearly showing its head, eyes, red dots above the eyes, upper body and red markings against a dark green background.
    Postman - Heliconium Melpomene - Dor...tif
  • Two Postman, one full dorsal and the other in flight, around dark green leaves, their bright red markings standing out against the dark green and black background.
    Postman [2] - Heliconium melpmene - ...tif
  • A Sapho Longwing, sitting on a light green leaf in full Dorsal view, showing off its bright blue and white markings
    Sapho Longwing - Helconius sapho - D...tif
  • A Sapho Longwing in full Dorsal view shares a leaf with a Sapho Longwing in Ventral view.
    Sapho Longwing - heliconius sapho - ...tif
  • Full Dorsal view of a Tiger Leafwing in flight towards hanging vines against a multi-green/blue background.
    Tiger Leafwing - Consul fabius cecro...tif
  • A lovely dorsal view of a female Back Swallowtail sipping from a pink Hydrangea.
    Swallowtail Black female Hydrange-1_...tif
  • Postman resting on a dark green hanger with a dark green background showing off its double yellow bands and red markings.
    Postman - Heliconium Melpomene - Dor...tif
  • A very small, unidentified moth with brown striped or bands on a cream background that was sitting on the edge of a fountain n Costa Rica. Photograph added for catalogue purposes only. Not for print.
    Unidentified Cream with brown stripe...tif
  • A male Tiger Swallowtail hanging on a pink Mimosa tree with the sun shinning through its wings and all against a bright blue sky.
    Swallowtal - Eastern Tiger - Male Do...tif
  • A beautiful little butterfly, with a wing span of about two inches, the Dog-faced Metalmark has a broad white bar running across its brown wings that are highlighted by reddish spots on the forewings and a orange band on the hindwings. The hind wing is slightely tailed making it look like it is the head. Also called Banner Metalmark.
    Dog-faced Metalmark - Thisbe lycoria...tif
  • Malachite butterfly sits on a vine with its full-wing spread showing off its beautiful brilliant yellow-green markings agains a mult-green background.
    Malachite - Siproeta stelenes - Dors...tif
  • A Blue Morpho show off his lovely coloring with his wings fully spread as he enjyoys a yellow flower. The beautiful blue color and the body, head and antennae are prominent.
    Blue Morpho - Morpho peleides - Dors...tif
  • The state butterfly of Florida, a Zebra Longwing, is sitting on a shades of tan concrete piller with its wings spread wide showing off its beautiful white zebra-stripes and decorative bands along the edge of the hind wing.
    Zebra Longwing - Heliconius chariton...tif
  • Two of Australia's largest butterfly, the Cairn Birdwings (Ornithoptera euphorion), are fluttering around a green fern showing of their irridescent green marking on their black wings.
    Cairns Birdwing - 2 Males Dorsal.tif
  • A stunning Brown Clipper sits on a green and white leaf showing off its brown and gold wing, white markings and gold-tipped antennae.
    Clipper Brown R Dorsal 11x14.tif
  • A beautiful little butterfly, with a wing span of about two inches, the Dog-faced Metalmark has a broad white bar running across its brown wings that are highlighted by reddish spots on the forewings and a orange band on the hindwings. The hind wing is slightely tailed making it look like it is the head. Also called Banner Metalmark.
    Dog-faced Metalmark - Thisbe lycoria...tif
  • A beautiful little butterfly, with a wing span of about two inches, the Dog-faced Metalmark has a broad white bar running across its brown wings that are highlighted by reddish spots on the forewings and a orange band on the hindwings. The hind wing is slightely tailed making it look like it is the head. Also called Banner Metalmark.
    Dog-faced Metalmsrk - Thisbe lycoria...tif
  • A Blue Morpho rests upon green leaves with one upper wing tucked under one of the leaves. The beautiful blue color and markings of this butterfly are clear as is the head and antennae.
    Blue Morpho - Morpho peleides - Dors...tif
  • A Blue Morpho rests upon green leaves with one upper wing slightly tucked under one of the leaves. The beautiful blue color and markings of this butterfly are clear as is the body, head and antennae.
    Blue Morpho - Morph peleides - Dorsa...tif
  • A broww/black, female Easter Tiger Swallowtail sipping form a bright pink flower against a multi-colored background in a botanical gardien in North Carolina. The coloring of the darker version of the swallowtail is quite unique.
    Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus ...tif
  • A Sapho Longwing in flight with wings fully spread against a rose and green background.
    Sapho - Heliconous sapho - Dorsal 2.tif
  • A Postman clearly showing why it is also called Piano Key with its bright yellow key-like markings along the bottom edge of its black wings.
    Postman [Piano Key] - Heliconius mel...tif
  • Paper Kite, also called Rice Paper, Paper White or Large Tree Nymph, with battered wings is perched on a bright red flower protruding from dark green leaves against a grayish background.
    Paper Kite - Ide leuconone - Dorsal ...tif
  • Paper Kite, also called Rice Paper, Paper White or Large Tree Nymph, is outlined by  a multi-brown and green background and the blue of the nectar-fllled sponge from which it is sipping.
    Paper Kite - Ide leuconone - Dorsal ...tif
  • A Banded Peacock or Fatima sipping from bright red flower in a garden planted in Costa Rica just to attract butterflies. The red markings on the butterfly match the color of the flower.
    Banded Peakock - Anartia fatima - Do...tif
  • A close up of a Zebra Mosaic rests on a tree with it's head down and false-head up. Its probiscus is fully extended touching the tree trunk.
    Zebra Mosaic - Colobura dirce - Dors...tif
  • The state butterfly of Florida, a Zebra Longwing, is sits with its wings spread wide on a branch of a green leaved vine showing off its beautiful white zebra-stripes and decorative bands along the edge of the hind wing.
    Zebra Longwing - Heliconius chariton...tif
  • A Doris Longwing sips from a red flower with suspended rain drops agains a multi-colored blurred background.
    Doris Longwing - Heliconius doris - ...tif
  • With sun-whitened wing tips, this Common Indian Crow, rests on a green leaf wings spread wide and head and antenae sharp agains the green leaf. Background is multi-colored green with spots of red.
    Common Indian Croiw - Euploea core -...tif
  • A female Cairn Birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion), Australia's largest butterfly, spreads her brown wings showing off her white and gold markings with her red-ringed head, eyes and antenae in clear view.
    Cairns Birdwing - Female Dorsal.tif
  • A perfect specimen of this very beautiful Atlas moth raised in the Magic Wings Butterfly House in Deerfield, MA. Located high up on a wooden rafter, the moth had been  missed by many visitors until I began photographing it. With a simple wooden background, the moths' magnificent coloring; melon, feather-like antennae; "furry" appearance; gossamer portals and diaphanous "eyes" on the tips of its forewings are shown in all their glory. This image is available as a 10x20 upon request.
    Cesar Atlas Moth - Atticus cesar - D...tif
  • A Banded Daggerwing on a tree in the Amazon Rainforest. Taken with a film camera and scanned for digital reproduction for identification purposes only! Not for print.
    Daggerwing - Banded Dorsal.tif
  • A male Grecian Shoemaker resting on a large green leaf showing off his flaming orange markings on his iridecent black wings.
    Shoemaker Grecian Male.tif
  • A male Great Eggfly spreads his wings as he rests on a sand-tone background. Head,eyes and antannae as is the aging of the butterfly with a loss of scales, coloring and wing tip.
    Great Eggfly - Hypolimnas bolina.tif
  • A beautiful and very large moth, this Atlas moth is resting on a metal mesh screen    displaying his wonderful shades of browns with black and white banding and clear "windows" in his wings.
    Cesar Atlas Moth - Attacus cesar.tif
  • A close up of a Spangled Skimmer sitting on a tan weed stock against a multi-shaded brown background.
    Spangled Skimmer Libellula cyanea.tif
  • Three Orcas displaying their dorsal fins and saddle patch with a baby orca tucked beside its mother in the frigid seas of Antarctica as evidenced by the iceberg a the top of the photo.seen on our way to Neko Harbor, Antarctica Cruise
    NH-Orca-Adults-withBaby.jpg
  • A beautifully marked Aglarua Olivewing, also named Green Back, sitting on blue cloth surface. With the wings parially spread, the ventral markings on the forewng are more apparent and there is a partial dorsal view of the blue banding on the forewing.
    Aglaura Olivewing - Nessaea aglaura .tif
  • With wings fully spread, this Postman sits on a green leaf showing off his bright gold on black coloring and white bands.
    Postman - Heliconium Melpomene - Dor...tif
  • A close up of an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail sipping on a lavendar flower against a multi-green background. Eyes, probiscus, head, antennae, legs prodominate.
    Swallowtail - Eastern Tiger - Female...tif
  • The state butterfly of Florida, a Zebra Longwing, centered, sitting on a branch of a green vine with a unique phenomenon of another Zebra Longing rapidly approaching seen as a blurred sworls of white and brown stripes. PS: Not sure why or how this occurred - but interesting photo!
    Zebra Longwing - Heliconius chariton...tif
  • The state butterfly of Florida, a Zebra Longwing, centered, sitting on a branch of a green vine with a unique phenomenon of another Zebra Longing rapidly approaching seen as a blurred sworls of white and brown stripes. PS: Not sure why or how this occurred - but interesting photo!
    Zebra Longwing - Heliconius chartoni...tif
  • A Blue Morpho feeding upon a banana. The rich tones of its underwing colorng and markings apparent.
    Blue Morpho - Morpho pleides - Ventr...tif
  • A close up dorsal view of a  Blue Clipper butterfly with color and markings showing against a bright red flower and a multi-shaded green background.
    Clipper - Blue Dorsal Close.tif
  • A full dorsal view of a male Starry Night Cracker showing off his beautiful irridescent blue spots against his dark wings. The Cracker is upside down on a grey-blue trunk.
    Cracker - Starry Night Male Dorsal.tif
  • A close up Dorsal of the Cream-strped Owl resting on a turquoise mesh curtain in a Butterfly Garden in Costa Rica. The butterfly's multi-segmented eye, antennae and blue, cream and brown markings stand out against the background and the blue "owl eye" shows beautifully.
    Owl - Cream-striped - Caligo teucer ...tif
  • A Blue Clipper butterfly - dorsal view - with color and markings showing against a bright red flower and a multi-shaded green background.
    Clipper - Blue Dorsal.tif
  • An Indian Leaf butterfly with probiscus fully extended dringking from a orange, nectar soaked sponge. In dorsal view, the camouflage as a dead leaf is totally apparent as is the bottom of the hindwing which is tapered like a leaf stalk.
    Indian Leaf - Kallima inachus.tif
  • A dark brown Falcate Skipper with its white bands clearly apparent with wings partially spread on a bright magenta flower on a long green stalk. The skipper's head is partially hidden by a flower.
    Falcate Skipper - Spathilepia cloniu...tif
  • A Giant Illoneus Owl with tattered hingwings hanging from a green leaf against a multi-green and red background. The lower edge of the forewings and the hindwngs glow irridecent blue.
    Owl - Illioneus Giant - Caligo Illio...tif
  • A Cattleheart sitting on a green leaf with wings fully spread  showing off his beautiful markings, his probiscus curled and fuzzy body apparent.
    Cattleheart Trans-Andean Dorsal 5x7.tif
  • A newly released Rusty-tipped Page, also known as the Brown Siporeta, sits closed winged on a child's hand at the NC Museum of Life and Science against a dark green background.
    Rust-tipped Page - Siproeta ephaphus...tif
  • A mult-colored, Brown Cracker sitting on and sipping from a fresh orange surrounded by other fruit set out for the butterflies.
    Cracker - Brown Dorsal.tif
  • A male Julia Dryas sits on a vine showing its bright orange wings, white tinged hind wing, segmented eyes and orange-tipped antennae against a green background.
    Julia Dryas - Male Dorsal 1.tif
  • An exquisite little Thick-tipped Greta perched on the edge of a clear glass sipping nectar from a  blue sponge. The multi-green background is seen beautifully through the transparent wings and the body, antennae, probiscus are all clearly visible.
    Glasswing Thick-tipped Greta - Greta...tif
  • A Green Flasher sipping from a purple flower on a stalk of same. The flasher's metallic green body shows well with its tan wings closed.
    Green Flasher - Astraptes talus - Do...tif
  • A Cattleheart calmly sitting on a green leaf with wings fully spread  showing off his beautiful markings, his probiscus curled and fuzzy body apparent.
    Cattleheart Trans-Andean Dorsal.tif
  • A Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in full-wing spread, sipping from a lavendar flower in a North Carolna botanical garden.
    Swallowtail - Eastern Tiger - Female...tif
  • An exquisite little Thick-tipped Greta is nestled in the striped, thick light green leaves of a tropical plant.
    Glasswing Thick-tipped Greta - Grea...tif
  • A Blue-gray Satyr perched on a wihite-pebbled wall in Panama creating a very elongated, interesting shadow.
    Satyr - Blue-gray - Magneuptychia li...tif
  • A newly released Rusty-tipped Page, also known as the Brown Siporeta, sits closed winged on a child's hand at the NC Museum of Life and Science against a dark green background.
    Rust-tipped Page - Siproeta ephaphus...tif
  • A beautiful Black Witch with swirl-patterns in shades of brown and lacy cream banding across its wings resting high up in a redwook portico in Costa Rica.
    Black Witch - Ascalapha odorata - Do...tif
  • A close up of a Great Mormon Swallowtail showing its colorful markings, yellow body, head and projected probiscus against water-spotted leaves.
    Swallowtail - Great Mormon - Dorsal.tif
  • Settled agans a bright white wall, this large unidentified moth's colors in shades of rust, brown and purple irridescence was hard to miss. The rust banding and the zig-zag pattern of the hingwings markings adds to the beauty of the moth. Identfication would be appreciated.
    Unidentified Reddish-brown Large Mot...tif
  • A Green Flasher sipping from a purple flower on a stalk of same. The flasher's metallic green body shows well with its tan wings closed.
    Green Flasher - Astraptes talus - Do...tif
  • A lovely White Peacock with full wings spread purches on a bright red flower showing off its markings against a garden background.
    Peacock - White - Dorsal.tif
  • Julia Longwing wth dark wing markings is sipping from a brigh red flower with wings fully spread, head, probiscus and antennae stand out agains flower and multi-shaded green background.
    Julie Longwing - Dryas julia - Dorsa...tif
  • A one-spotted prepona sitting on a log displaying its left bluish eye and red probiscus and beautiful beige and brown underwing markings. A neotropical butterfly having a tan ventral appearance in total contrast to its black and blue dorsal one.
    One-spotted prepona - Archaeoprepona...tif
  • butterfly found while on safari in Ndutu National Park, Tanzania, Africa
    B-fly-Diadem-Male-Dorsal.jpg
  • butterfly found while on safari in Ndutu National Park, Tanzania, Africa
    B-fly-Diadem-Female-Dorsal-2.jpg
  • butterfly found while on safari in Ndutu National Park, Tanzania, Africa
    B-fly-Common-White-Dorsal.jpg
  • butterfly found while on safari in Ndutu National Park, Tanzania, Africa
    B-fly-Blue-Pansy-Dorsal.jpg
  • A lovely Postmanis is perched on a red flower that matches the wide red band on its forewng. Head and antennae apparent and clear.
    Postman - Heliconius Hecale dorsal.tif
  • Mexican Silverspot sits on a red flower against a mult-green background.
    Mexican Silverspot - Dione moneta - ...tif
  • A Blue Dasher dragonfly purched on the tip of a lieaf a water plant in a pond at the Noirth Carolina Botanical Gardens. The dragonflies bright green eyes and irridescent blue tail stand out agains the grey wood of the pond's frame.
    Blue Flasher Dragonfly.tif
  • Malachite butterfly full-wing spread showing off its beautiful brilliang green markings. It is sting on a fruit wedged between the trunks of a white-barked tree in a buttefly garden in Costa Rica.
    Malachite - Siproeta stelenes 1.tif
  • A Common Whitetail Skimmer male perches on the top of a bent stock in a pond at the Pine Hollow Arboretum. His colloring shows well against a clear gray sky.
    Common Whitetailed Skimmer Male.tif
  • An exquisite little Thick-tipped Greta perched on a graceful green leaf against a multi-beige and green background.
    Glasswing Thick-tipped Greta - Greta...tif
  • A close up Dorsal of Cream-striped Owls mating. The butterflys' multi-segmented eye, antennae and blue, cream and brown markings stand out against the digitally blurred background.
    Owl - Cream-striped - Mating.tif
  • A close up Dorsal of the Cream-strped Owl standing amongst leaf-looking cocoons waiting to dry in a Butterfly Garden in Costa Rica. The butterfly's multi-segmented eye, antennae and blue, cream and brown markings are clear on this newly hatched Owl.
    Owl - Cream-striped - Caligo teucer ...tif
  • A female of Australia's largest butterfly, the Cairn Birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion), sitting on a green leaf facing the vewer. Red and yellow body markings are clear as is the butterfy's face, probiscus, legs and antenae.
    Cairns Birdwing Female - Ventrall.tif
  • butterfly found while on safari in Ndutu National Park, Tanzania, Africa
    B-fly-Common-White.jpg
  • butterfly found while on safari in Ndutu National Park, Tanzania, Africa
    B-fly-Blue-Pansy-Semi-dorsal0.jpg
  • A blue, black and whte Common Eggfly sits on the edge of a white Phalaenopsis orchid  delicatlely decorated with water droplets.
    Eggfly - Commmon Male Dorsal on Orch...tif
  • A Blue Morpho Buterfly perches on a leaf with wings fully spread, showing off its bright blue coloring with its head and antennae erect.
    Blue Morpho Dorsal 4.tif
  • Photos taken on a 3 week adventure in Madagascar
    B-fly Chocolate Pansy Battered Dorsa...jpg
  • The Cream-striped owl butterfly is neotropical and often found sitting on a tree trunk much like it is in this photo. Closed-winged the "owl" eye is predominant on the blue shaded hindwing and the cream and light blue striped show well against a multi-shaded green background.
    Owl - Cream-striped - Dorsal.tif
  • Photos taken on a 3 week adventure in Madagascar
    B-fly Brilliant Blue Dorsal -Tana.jpg
  • butterfly found while on safari in Ndutu National Park, Tanzania, Africa
    B-fly-Diadem-Female-Dorsal-1.jpg
  • Cracker - Variable Dorsal.tif
  • Cracker - Grey - Dorsal.tif
  • Red Cracker Butterfly sitting on the shoulder of a man wearing a light blue t-shirt. The butterfly is full-winged and red coloring, markings and bands are very distinct.
    Cracker - Red - Dorsal 1.tif
  • found in Ngorongoro National Park while on Safari
    B-fly-Buckeye-Dorsal.jpg
  • Malachite - Siproeta stelenes - Face...tif
  • Beautiful Common Buckeye with wings spread showing the markings of this butterfly that is anything but common. It is sitting on a white flower surrounded by green leaves and orange flowers that match the bands on the Buckeye.
    Common Buckeye - Junonia Coenia - Do...tif
  • Red Cracker butterfly sitting full-wing spred on a light-barked tree with garden in the background. Banding and markings very distinctive, red bands very light.
    Cracker - Red Dorsal 2.tif
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