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Pearl Crescent
Stanley Jones

Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)

Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos: Nymphalidae) Wingspan 2.5-3.8 cm (1.0-1.5 in). Nectaring Camphorweed (Pluchea odorata: Asteraceae).
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Habitat
Margin of lake at ca. 88 m (288 ft) elevation.
Location
Country Club Lake, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
August 2019
Scientific name
Phyciodes tharos
Equipment used
Canon
delia todd
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Opus Editor
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Aaaaw!!! Another beautiful butterfly and picture you've taken Stanley.

Many thanks for showing us this lovely image laddie.
 
KC Foggin
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Opus Editor
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The perfect name for this beautiful Butterfly and captured in a great setting Stanley!
 
B
beautiful portrait of this handsome butterfly, Stanley, wonderful details and colors and a delightful setting, top notch, many tfs!!!!
 
Kits
Another outstanding macro shot. A lovely butterfly, Stanley.
 
Doc Duck
Supporter
Beautiful! Looks like it has a little white butterfly "tattooed" on its hind wing. I wonder if that butterfly has another even tinier one "tattooed" somewhere, and so on ;)
 

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Butterflies & Moths
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