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Twin-spot Skippers (Oligoria maculata) feeding on a Bull Thistle (a.k.a. Purple Thistle, Yellow Thistle, Bristly Thistle, Horrid Thistle, Bull Thistle; Cirsium horridulum) - Duke Island Road, Tiger Bay WMA (Wildlife Management Area), Daytona Beach, Florida (29.11603, -81.17482)
Monarch Butterfly (a.k.a. Milkweed Butterfly, Common Tiger, Wanderer, Black-veined Brown; Danaus plexippus) feeding on a Bull Thistle (a.k.a. Purple Thistle, Yellow Thistle, Bristly Thistle, Horrid Thistle, Bull Thistle; Cirsium horridulum) - Duke Island Road, Tiger Bay WMA (Wildlife Management Area), Daytona Beach, Florida (29.09926, -81.17139)
Monarch Butterfly (a.k.a. Milkweed Butterfly, Common Tiger, Wanderer, Black-veined Brown; Danaus plexippus) feeding on a Bull Thistle (a.k.a. Purple Thistle, Yellow Thistle, Bristly Thistle, Horrid Thistle, Bull Thistle; Cirsium horridulum) - Duke Island Road, Tiger Bay WMA (Wildlife Management Area), Daytona Beach, Florida (29.09926, -81.17139)
Palamedes Swallowtail (a.k.a. Laurel Swallowtail, Florida Swallowtail; Papilio palamedes) feeding on a Bull Thistle (a.k.a. Purple Thistle, Yellow Thistle, Bristly Thistle, Horrid Thistle, Bull Thistle; Cirsium horridulum) - Duke Island Road, Tiger Bay WMA (Wildlife Management Area), Daytona Beach, Florida (29.09926, -81.17139)
Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe maxima) - Long Pine Key Nature Trail, next to Pine Glades Lake, Homestead, Florida (25.427158, -80.720641)
Monk Skipper (Choranthus capucinus) nectaring on a Bristly Thistle blossom (a.k.a. Purple Thistle, Yellow Thistle; Cirsium horridulum) - Long Pine Key Nature Trail, next to Pine Glades Lake, Homestead, Florida (25.427158, -80.720641)
A.k.a. The no spot skipper
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) feeding on Bull Thistle (a.k.a. Horrid Thistle, Yellow Thistle, Bristly Thistle, Bull Thistle; Cirsium horridulum) - Bear Island Road, Tiger Bay State Forest, Volusia County, Florida
Yup, that's me
goin' buggers with the six¹.
¹ 600 mm that is
I captured this guy with the six on the Roofrack rig with the 600's MF² at it's MFD³. The fritt was OOF⁴ at the MFD so I put the truck in reverse, and backed up till the fritt popped.
² MF - Manual Focus
³ MFD - Minimum Focus Distance
⁴ OOF - Out of Focus
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) feeding on Bull Thistle (a.k.a. Horrid Thistle, Yellow Thistle, Bristly Thistle, Bull Thistle; Cirsium horridulum) - Bear Island Road, Tiger Bay State Forest, Volusia County, Florida