As a change from birds, here are some other flying items, mostly from around Delphi itself, with a redesigned logo in their honour.
JULIA LONGWING Dryas Julia (Delphi Beach – plant now ID’d as a Bay Cedar Suriana maritima, much enjoyed by butterflies and bees)
HAMMOCK SKIPPER Polygonus Leo (Delphi Service Drive)
GULF FRITILLARY Agraulis vanillae (Delphi Guest Drive)
I haven’t nailed the ID of this one yet. Any ideas appreciated. [See later post for ID as GOLD RIM SWALLOWTAIL / POLYDAMUS SWALLOWTAIL (Battus Polydamus Lucaeus) ]
Seen all round Delphi this March. These are on the move the whole time, and are surprisingly hard to pin down (not a very sensitive way to put it for a butterfly…) The bottom photo looks like a rubbish picture, I know, but in fact the butterfly is at rest (the body / legs / feelers aren’t blurred) while the wings beat fast and constantly while it feeds
AND FINALLY… Pride of place goes to this Atala Hairstreak, photographed during a Delphi outing with Ricky Johnson to one of the Blue Holes in the pine forest. It’s the only place I have seen these small butterflies, and there were only four or five. This one stayed still for just long enough
ATALA HAIRSTREAK Eumaeus Atala
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ROLLING HARBOUR ABACO 
PM: Look forward to seeing a pro pic of the butterfly taken with a proper camera that can freeze the movement… still doubtful about that ID, though, the ones I saw didn’t seem very swallowtaily. KS
[Oh, and the plant needs and extra ‘i’ in it!]
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We recently had a professional photographer taking pics around the Club and he got a great one of the unidentified dark butterfly with the pale bar (Polydamas Swallowtail, methinks) on the bouganvillia (sp?), as well as the woodpecker peering from the box. To follow….
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