Large Marble - Euchloe ausonides - Euchloe ausonides

Primo! Large Marble butterfly Joyce

I just have to say this may be my favorite butterfly shot in the guide.

… Lynette Schimming, 22 March, 2009 - 8:33pm

thanks Lynette

There are a lot of nice butterfly shots in the guide!

It's a treat when a nice fresh subject decides to cooperate and pose on a pretty plant with a nice background in decent lighting ... and I have my camera with me ... all those things don't usually line up at the same time.

… Joyce Gross, 24 March, 2009 - 1:39am

thanks everyone ...

.. for the nice comments. This is the first "Large Marble" I've ever seen. I tend not to have a lot of luck with butterflies, so I felt very lucky to have encountered one, and especially one so cooperative. It stayed mostly still for about 15 minutes while I photographed it and was still there over an hour later when I left the area. I suspect they aren't usually like that. It was an overcast, chilly day, in between rains. (It has been raining endlessly in the Bay Area since the begining of March.)

… Joyce Gross, 8 April, 2006 - 12:16am

image moved

from genus page to new species page

… Robin McLeod, 20 April, 2006 - 8:40pm

Fantastic!

This is absolutely fantastic! Great shot!

… Chris Wirth, 7 April, 2006 - 12:23pm

Beautiful!

This is a new one for me, I will be looking for it when I go west, next month. Very nice shot!

… Beatriz Moisset, 7 April, 2006 - 11:28am

Endangered species?

Interesting article here: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-SPECIES/2006/February/Day-13/e1930.htm
Wonder if they are talking about this same butterfly?
Carla Finley
Venice, FL
http://community.webshots.com/user/CarlaFinley

… Carla Finley, 7 April, 2006 - 9:33am

not the same subspecies

The subspecies Euchloe ausonides insulanus (Island Marble) that occurs on San Juan Island in Washington State is endangered. See here.

… Joyce Gross, 8 April, 2006 - 12:25am

Marbles

Our local Marble species is very difficult to shoot due to skittishness and the scattered local populations. So the quality of this shot should be appreciated by those of us who have chased marbles on our knees through the hillside grasses and failed. Very fine image. Excellent.

… Herschel Raney, 7 April, 2006 - 9:22am

Spectacular

shot!

… Lynette Schimming, 7 April, 2006 - 5:08am

Wow

I agree with all. Beautiful shot.
Carla Finley
Venice, FL
http://community.webshots.com/user/CarlaFinley

… Carla Finley, 7 April, 2006 - 9:25am

Fantastic

Yes, this is a real crowd pleaser! Beautiful.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com

… Stephen Cresswell, 7 April, 2006 - 6:14am

Amazing photograph

I just saw this species fo the first time just recently and was delighted to find such a beautiful butterfly, I even got some photos which I'll post, but nothing like your shot. It's perfect. you managed to get both the head and wing perfectly focused and the color balance is perfect. Contact me sometime if you want to go out and look for butterflies, I live in San Ramon.

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 12 June, 2006 - 5:36pm