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Gossamer Wings 13 images Created 2 Apr 2012

Images of the small group of butterflies known as gossamer-wings found and photographed across Florida.
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  • Of all the tiny butterflies found in Florida, the little metalmark is by far the easiest to photograph. This one posed beautifully for me in the Big Cypress National Preserve.
    Little Metalmark
  • Fulvous hairstreak resting on a palmetto frond in the CREW Marsh Hiking Trails in Collier County, Florida. This is one of the most beautiful of all the hairstreaks!
    Fulvous Hairstreak
  • A grey hairstreak feeding on wildflowers in the Apalachicola National Forest.
    Gray Hairstreak
  • Male Ceraunus Blue Butterfly photographed in Sarasota County, Florida in an overgrown and formerly agricultural area which has been converted to a wildlife sanctuary.
    Ceraunus Blue
  • The minute and exceedingly frustrating to photograph Cassius blue resting for a moment to feed on the nectar of a common beggar-tick flower.
    Cassius Blue
  • The tiny and beautifully detailed cassius blue in close-up. These fast fliers are very difficult to catch standing still.
    Cassius Blue
  • The uncommon mallow  scrub hairstreak seen here in the CREW Marsh Hiking Trails in Collier County, Florida is often found near palmettos and other pine scrub plants.
    Mallow Scrub Hairstreak
  • Gray hairstreak in the Fakahatchee Strand in the middle of summer. Roadside wildflowers attract thousands of these little butterflies every morning!
    Gray Hairstreak
  • A gray hairstreak  pauses on an unidentified species of liatris in the Fakahatchee Strand in Collier County, Florida.
    Gray Hairstreak
  • One of Florida's most beautiful hairstreaks - the tiny red-banded hairstreak is found often in rural fields and oak hammocks.
    Red-Banded Hairstreak
  • A pair of ceraunus blues creating the next generation of butterflies in the Celery Fields of Sarasota County, Florida.
    Mating Ceraunus Blue Butterflies
  • Gray hairstreak in the Celery Fields of Sarasota County, Florida. This is an AMAZING place to search for butterflies ... they are everywhere in every shape, size, and color!
    Gray Hairstreak
  • Gray hairstreak butterfly feeding on a blazing star wildflower in the CREW Marsh Hiking Trails in Collier County, Florida.
    Gray Hairstreak