Using the Nikon D3000, on auto, but I set the lens on 55 mm.
Yellow banded Dart, on mint blossom, by my back door.
Isn’t the mint blossom gorgeous with all those little purple tips on the stamena.
Yellow-Banded Dart (a skipper butterfly)
Have good day. 🙂
The Yellow-banded Dart is a skipper butterfly, named for their darting nature. Last year, when I first noticed one, I thought it was a grasshopper whipping by.
Looks like baby darts to the left.
Other names: Greenish Grass-dart, Green Grass-dart, Southern Dart. The Ocybadistes walkeri sothis is the only sub-species found in Victoria. Also found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and Tasmania.
this one is a female, the male has a little more colour under the wings
about to open her wings
I was gobsmacked when I saw that this butterfly has FOUR wings!
on mint flowers
I’m dishing these up for Sally D’s Mobile Photography Challenge. The first Monday in the month is Nature. Nearly all my photos are that theme already. Taken with the Nokia Lumia 520 Windows phone, cropped and reduced.
I hope you are having a great weekend. Thanks for dropping by. 🙂
Christine R 
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