{"id":452,"date":"2024-10-06T13:42:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T17:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/?p=452"},"modified":"2024-10-06T13:43:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T17:43:45","slug":"summer-butterflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/2024\/10\/06\/summer-butterflies\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Butterflies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The world remains in a dreadful mess or is becoming worse. Inasmuch as I can do nothing about that, here instead is something of beauty: large butterflies from the summer this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>First is a a tiger swallowtail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2086-tiger-st-op-16jul2024.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2086-tiger-st-op-16jul2024.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2086-tiger-st-op-16jul2024.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2086-tiger-st-op-16jul2024.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2086-tiger-st-op-16jul2024.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2087-tiger-st-up-16jul2024.jpg?resize=640%2C457&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2087-tiger-st-up-16jul2024.jpg?resize=1024%2C731&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2087-tiger-st-up-16jul2024.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2087-tiger-st-up-16jul2024.jpg?resize=768%2C549&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2087-tiger-st-up-16jul2024.jpg?w=1260&amp;ssl=1 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2089-tiger-st-fly-16jul2024.jpg?resize=640%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2089-tiger-st-fly-16jul2024.jpg?resize=1024%2C597&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2089-tiger-st-fly-16jul2024.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2089-tiger-st-fly-16jul2024.jpg?resize=768%2C448&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2089-tiger-st-fly-16jul2024.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2089-tiger-st-fly-16jul2024.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there is a spicebush swallowtail (different from a black swallowtail or a pipeline swallowtail).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2577-mr-spicebush-op-3aug2024.jpg?resize=640%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2577-mr-spicebush-op-3aug2024.jpg?resize=1024%2C698&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2577-mr-spicebush-op-3aug2024.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2577-mr-spicebush-op-3aug2024.jpg?resize=768%2C524&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2577-mr-spicebush-op-3aug2024.jpg?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2606-mr-spicebush-under-3aug2024.jpg?resize=640%2C457&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2606-mr-spicebush-under-3aug2024.jpg?resize=1024%2C731&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2606-mr-spicebush-under-3aug2024.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2606-mr-spicebush-under-3aug2024.jpg?resize=768%2C549&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2606-mr-spicebush-under-3aug2024.jpg?w=1260&amp;ssl=1 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2637-mr-spicebush-up-3aug2024.jpg?resize=640%2C446&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2637-mr-spicebush-up-3aug2024.jpg?resize=1024%2C714&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2637-mr-spicebush-up-3aug2024.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2637-mr-spicebush-up-3aug2024.jpg?resize=768%2C535&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2637-mr-spicebush-up-3aug2024.jpg?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, here is one of the few monarchs who visited this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2504-monarch-up-31jul2024.jpg?resize=640%2C488&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2504-monarch-up-31jul2024.jpg?resize=1024%2C780&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2504-monarch-up-31jul2024.jpg?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2504-monarch-up-31jul2024.jpg?resize=768%2C585&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2504-monarch-up-31jul2024.jpg?w=1260&amp;ssl=1 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2513-monarch-op-31jul2024.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2513-monarch-op-31jul2024.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2513-monarch-op-31jul2024.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2513-monarch-op-31jul2024.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2513-monarch-op-31jul2024.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2520-monarch-op-edg-31jul2024.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2520-monarch-op-edg-31jul2024.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2520-monarch-op-edg-31jul2024.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2520-monarch-op-edg-31jul2024.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/b2520-monarch-op-edg-31jul2024.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had this pretty much ready last weekend, but I had become caught up in watching all the news that distressingly came along. But however long the world and butterflies and I exist, I&#8217;ll continue photographing them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world remains in a dreadful mess or is becoming worse. Inasmuch as I can do nothing about that, here instead is something of beauty: large butterflies from the summer this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,15],"tags":[28,22,5],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-butterfly","category-wildlife","tag-butterfly","tag-butterfly-bush","tag-photography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}