Tag Archives: Blue Morpho

Butterflies playing hide and seek

Posted on March 29, 2023 by imagesbytdashfield

Or they were just testing my macro photography patience… either way, they tested me mightily when I visited the annual butterfly exhibit here in Columbus, Ohio. I hate to admit it, but my macro mojo was a bit rusty but … Continue reading →

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Me and Morty

Posted on January 9, 2017 by imagesbytdashfield

I’m not totally back yet but I wanted to pop in and share this little photo my sister in law took of me with my new friend whom I named Morty.  Morty the Blue Morpho Butterfly.  We hung out for … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – The really blue Blue Morpho

Posted on August 20, 2014 by imagesbytdashfield

F 5.6 – 1/125 – ISO 100 – 100mm – Canon 5D Mark III

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Monochrome Monday – The not so blue Morpho

Posted on August 18, 2014 by imagesbytdashfield

The Blue Morpho is a brilliantly blue butterfly that I have had the fortune to photograph many times.  This one was photographed in Key West, Florida at the Key West Butterfly & Nature Conservatory – you can view it’s lovely … Continue reading →

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The Blue Morpho

Posted on January 20, 2014 by imagesbytdashfield

(Because it’s cold and wintery outside I have declared this butterfly week to lift spirits!  Each day a different butterfly from the Key West Butterfly & Nature Conservatory will be featured.  I hope I have their names correct but if … Continue reading →

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Brunch at The Butterfly Branch

Posted on January 5, 2014 by imagesbytdashfield

Nine butterflies are having brunch.  Can you find them all?  Seven are Owl’s, one is a Blue Morpho, and two are I don’t know.  Bonus points for the person who can name the two unidentified butterflies. (Photo taken at the … Continue reading →

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Morpho Peleides – The Blue Morpho

Posted on April 13, 2013 by imagesbytdashfield

Morpho peleides The Peleides Blue Morpho, Common Morpho,[1] or The Emperor[2] (Morpho peleides) is an iridescent tropical butterfly found in Mexico, Central America, northern South America, Paraguay, and Trinidad. Many authorities[which?] believe that peleides is a subspecies of Morpho helenor. … Continue reading →

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