Monthly Archives: January 2017

I’m Batwing!

Posted on January 31, 2017 by imagesbytdashfield

This guy (I think it is a male) is the black Atrophaneura Varuna or Batwing Butterfly; a member of the swallowtail family sans the tail.  Of all the butterflies at the wonderland, this one stood out the most!

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Atlas Shrugged

Posted on January 30, 2017 by imagesbytdashfield

Well she (we were told this was a she) may have after her wings dried.  This is Miss Attacus Atlas a very big moth that had just recently emerged from her cocoon when we arrived at the Butterfly Wonderland in … Continue reading →

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El Tigre

Posted on January 28, 2017 by imagesbytdashfield

Well, the Tiger Longwing Butterfly that is.  More about butterflies, macro photography (and possibly about an epic macro fail if I can bare to show it) and where this critter and it’s relatives were. F5.6 – 100mm macro – 1/100 … Continue reading →

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Leaving Usery for….

Posted on January 27, 2017 by imagesbytdashfield

Now where were we heading off to in Arizona?

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Hiking in Usery – I’ll take the high road

Posted on January 26, 2017 by imagesbytdashfield

And the high trail we did take.  At this point we hadn’t reached the top yet but what a view!  It was a girls only hike as DH and his dad went to a pub (the nerve of them!) and … Continue reading →

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Hiking in Usery Mountain Regional Park

Posted on January 25, 2017 by imagesbytdashfield

You take the low road….  

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The Saguaro

Posted on January 24, 2017 by imagesbytdashfield

Saguaro are magnificent cactus and – in my opinion anyway – no two are exactly alike.  Some are just straight up and down without arms (known as spears) while others grow side arms.  They have an incredibly long life span … Continue reading →

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Feeling prickly on Monday?

Posted on January 23, 2017 by imagesbytdashfield

This group in the Usery Mountain Regional Park in Mesa, Arizona is prickly 24/7/365   😉  

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Happy Trails to You

Posted on January 21, 2017 by imagesbytdashfield

After a bit of which way should we go now – they went that away!

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Two horses, a mule and Sam Elliott

Posted on January 20, 2017 by imagesbytdashfield

Yet another bit of proof that proves you never know who or what you may come across when out with a camera.  They stopped and we chatted for awhile after I pointed right at “Sam Elliott” and told him I … Continue reading →

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