Butterflies And Wildlife » Hummingbird Bush http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:58:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Polydamas Triplets http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2009/07/31/polydamas-triplets/ http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2009/07/31/polydamas-triplets/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:49:42 +0000 texdr http://texdr.wordpress.com/?p=1497 I say triplets, but in reality we had 7 Polydamas hatch today, but 4 of them flew off as soon as I released them.  The remaining 3 I placed on the new plant I bought from Joshua’s Native Plants (Hummingbird Bush).

The first shot is of the “triplets.”

Three Polydamas

Three Polydamas

Here’s a shot with the wings spread out.

Polydamas Wings Spread

Polydamas Wings Spread

This last shot I took with my Macro lens.  If you click on the picture to view it full size, you’ll see that these Butterflies are rather hairy and have very long tongues (proboscis).

Polydamas Up Close

Polydamas Up Close

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