Butterfly

[forceofnature]

Anyone know if this is a butterfly or moth?

 

[jazz lady]

It's a moth albeit a very pretty one. I get them on my front porch all the time. I posted about them before but the name escapes me right now. Let me go on a forum hunt else it will drive me crazy.

 

[jazz lady]

It's a moth albeit a very pretty one. I get them on my front porch all the time. I posted about them before but the name escapes me right now. Let me go on a forum hunt else it will drive me crazy.

Not quite exactly the same as I was thinking of:

http://forums.somd.com/photography/139176-yay-bugs-out-post-your-macro-s.html#post2988207

But it's definitely a moth. BTW - that's a beautiful photograph.

 

[jazz lady]

Okay, it's NOT a moth. According to this:

Buckeye Butterfly, a photo from New York, Northeast | TrekEarth

it is a Buckeye Butterfly.

More:

Junonia coenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[forceofnature]

Thanks, finally an answer. I see them everywhere. They are skittish too.

 

[Merlin99]

You go by the antenna's, if they are feathery it's a moth, if just a stalk it's a butterfly