“Winged Things” by Cheryl Andrews©
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On Wednesdays all over the internet bloggers post a photo with no words to explain it. The idea is the photo says so much it doesn’t need a description.
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… The Reveal …
For you Barbara, since you asked, the common names of these “Winged Things”, left to right by row:
Top row:
* White dotted Prominent
* Tiger Wing, Cream Spotted
* Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
* Orange Banded
* Virginia Tiger Moth
Middle Row:
* Fork-Tailed Woodnymph
* The centre three Dragon Flies were photographed on our property
* Zebra Heliconian
Bottom Row:
* White Morpho
* Blue Morpho
* Great Orange Tip
* Imperial Moth
*Blinded Sphinx
Larger and higher resolution images of these winged beauties can be seen on my photo blog.
Cheryl Andrews 
10 comments
27 November 2014 at 9:33 am
readinpleasure
Wonderful!
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3 December 2014 at 11:26 am
Cheryl
Thank you!
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26 November 2014 at 9:22 pm
Barbara Lambert
Thank you for the names Cheryl. And WHAT NAMES! I was particularly amazed, too, by the Imperial Moth, which looks dressed in patterned silk! Thank you.
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27 November 2014 at 9:16 am
Cheryl
Barabara, that exotic winged creature is indigenous to this region! Found it hanging on the screen door of the guest house in the wee hours after the porch light was left on overnight.
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26 November 2014 at 4:14 pm
Lucid Gypsy
What a stunning piece, I may be wrong but it looks like there are hooks along the bottom, is it functional as well?
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26 November 2014 at 6:29 pm
Cheryl
They are coat hooks, Gilly. This commissioned piece was for the two storey entry way (coat rack) of an open concept home. It needed to be BIG!
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26 November 2014 at 3:22 pm
carin
Lovely shots and superbly framed/arranged. Such good balance. I’m guessing it took some playing around to get them in just the right positions. Especially love the trio of (dragonflies?) in the centre of that triangle of orange. I’m not surprised this was a hit. Did you say you were making prints?
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26 November 2014 at 6:25 pm
Cheryl
I have prints of all the individual ‘winged things’, Carin and some printed in Note Cards. Don’t think I’ll do prints as its composed here … this French door is huge and heavy.
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26 November 2014 at 11:46 am
Barbara Lambert
This is spectacular Cheryl. I would love to know the name of every one of those beautiful winged things. When I enlarged the shot I identified a Blue Morpho of course, and a Swallowtail (we have them here in the spring) but so many others are exotically strange. What a beautiful piece. Well worth wrecking the muscles of the dozen or so people who managed to wrestle it onto its place on the wall!
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26 November 2014 at 12:04 pm
Cheryl
Thanks, Barabara. Some of these the client selected are local to this region, which really surprised me. Since you asked, I’ve ‘revealed’ their common names in the post.
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