Rayetta's Butterflies - You Got to Crawl on Your Belly Like a Reptile

One of Crumby's spells, not mine. For some reason, Crumby thinks,

You Got to Crawl on Your Belly Like a Reptile

is funny. Whatever!

Anyway, I have been practicing sneaking up on the tiny hairstreaks and blues. The really little ones like to get on the Aster subulatus. Plus, the tiny hairstreaks and blues may be ground huggers by nature.

The best way to approach these little ones may be, as Crumby suggests to, Crawl on Your Belly Like a Reptile. Really! These little ones do not spook as easily when you are down on their level.

Here's a second occurrence record of the mallow scrub-hairstreak (Strymon istapa) at the CB. Using this methodology, belly crawling, live view A is very handy because the reptile like photographer may use her elbows bipod-like in contact with the ground. Course, this methodology may not be applicable during chigger season.

Here, the camera is maybe 8" from the butterfly.