Mrs B

The female Brimstone butterfly had just laid several eggs on Alder Buckthorn and flown away for a snack and a snooze. (May 10 2017)
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[babbs]

Great capture! Fav!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

what an incredible shot! instant fav!

[Boo]

very very VERY cool...Fav!

[Jesika]

@babbs36 @koalagardens Golly gosh heck, I haven't finished upload yet and already I get comments. Many, many thanks, Ladies.
Over the years I have spent hours trying to catch buttermoths in flight, last year I succeeded - with a cheat! My clever camera does 4K video & I extract stills, this is one such.
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[Jesika]

@huvesaker Thank you so much. It's a still from video, much easier than trying, as I have for years, to get direct stills of buttermoths in flight.
j

[PhylM-S]

Wow, great light and super timing here. Nicely done. Fav!

[Judith Johnson]

What a stunning capture!

[Jesika]

@elatedpixie @busylady We had been given a Brimstone larval food plant in 2016 & were astonished when Mrs B visited last May. I hope another Mrs B will visit & maybe I can get better images this year.
Thank you for your very kind remarks
j

[Rosan]

Great capture!

[Jesika]

@fntngrma Stills from video may be cheating, but it gives me images and information I wouldn't have otherwise.
Thank you
j

[Zulaime]

Wow!!! Nice capture... fav

[Jesika]

@zulaime Thank you very much
j

[FBailey]

So pleased this picture is proving so popular, very deservedly too!!

[Jesika]

@fbailey Thank you very much. Watch your mail box, Mrs B is visiting!
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[Steve Pooley]

Wow am amazing capture. fav

[Jesika]

@stevepo Thank you for the kind comment and for following my project.
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[Leslie]

beautiful capture

[Jesika]

@lesip Many thanks. I hope Mrs B will visit again this spring.
j

[Dinah Pinkston]

Wonderful action pic ...The butterfly looks to be coming in for a landing :)

[Jesika]

@dsp2 Many thanks. She had just taken off after laying several eggs which you can see as tiny, pale barrels on the new leaves. You have to know they are there to easily see them.
Thank you again
j

[Josie Gilbert]

Great photo.

[Jesika]

@josiegilbert That's very kind, thank you. We hope for another Mrs B's visit this spring and the opportunity to follow metamorphosis from egg to imago.
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[Suzanne]

Beautiful shot, wonderful timing

[Jesika]

@suzanne234 Many thanks. I confess to a cheat, taking a still from video. It's MUCH easier than hoping to click teh shutter at the right time.
j

[Karen]

Great capture! Fav!

[Jesika]

@rustymonkey Many thanks for your comment and for favouriting (is there such a word?) Mrs B.
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[flying]

Beautifully captured, love the light and the detail :) Fav!

[Jesika]

@flyingleap Thank you very much for the very kind comment, the favourit and for following my project.
j

[Diana]

Amazing capture.

[Jesika]

Taking stills from video makes it much easier - AND it makes me look cleverer than I am!
Thank you very much
j

[Merrelyn]

Fabulous capture :)

[Jesika]

@merrelyn Thnak you very much. I hope another Mrs B will visit this spring and entrust her children to me.
j

[JoeV]

Thanks for the follow, great macro shots.

[Jesika]

@joev Many thanks. With luck and a following wind, I'll have more Brimstone caterbugs this year and make further and hopefully less futile, attempts at caterpillar faces as they eat. Tripod, lights, 4K video, extract stills...
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[Jesika]

@sunshinepix I have just realised I didn't respond to you comment about "Mrs B" in February. My apologies and thanks
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