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Friday, May 11, 2012

Cassius Blue Butterfly

I have been trying to get a pic of this butterfly for awhile. They are so tiny I have failed numerous time. I finally figured out how to use the AF micro macro on my camera and voila...perfecto! It is hard to tell scale here but the butterfly is about the size of a dime or smaller. I was just trying to Google the size approximate for you and I see Miami has put this butterfly on the federal registry as "threatened". We have lots of them because we have Plumbago shrubs which are a host plant for them. So back to the size, I guess they are about 1/2 inch in size. They are also mistaken for a moth alot.