checkerspot (pics included)

[jonny_redhorse]

took these a few weeks back and just figured I'd finally post em ...I've always liked the bright oranges of the hawk weed and with the background greens, really made this this checkerspot stand out ....jonny

[MT Net]

Boy I'll say! Vivid oranges, very nice pics!

[floating minnow]

Nice colors jonny!

[thewalleyeguy]

Nice pics

[Tom Wilson]

Good work there Jonny. Are these the little bitty flies about the size of a dime?

[Steve Foss]

Good stuff Jonny. Nicely done. Cool when nature produces creatures from two different kingdoms with virtually the same colors. I'm looking in Larry Weber's Butterflies of the North Woods, and wondering — might this really be a northern crescent?

Tom, checkerspots and crescents range from about the size of a quarter to a half-dollar.

[jonny_redhorse]

.egg on my face ....it's a northern crescent!...I'm lookin in my "larry weber" as we speak..it's a northern crescent for sure....they are "kinda " alike but there's a spot on the wings that gives it away...(kinda yellow on each wing that the checkerspot doesn't have........kudo's Steve on your "good eye".... ....and thanks all for the comments.....I'm no Jim Brandenberg but I'm having fun anyhow