Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge: Lilac
Tag: Schmetterling
Falter
Since it prooved quite difficult to find a photo in my archive that illustrated the word “to falter” I dediced to go German instead. Falter is an alternative word for Schmetterling or in English: butterfly. You might see a similarity to the Italian farfalle. And … Continue reading Falter
All Eyes on You
In case somebody is wondering: the butterfly is called a little skipper in English (braunkolbiger Braun-Dickkopffalter in German, a real mouthful: Brown-spadixed brown thick head butterfly); the eye is from an Egyptian goose; the background is an orange daylily. In order to isolate the butterfly … Continue reading All Eyes on You
Four-footed Butterfly
I learned that this Admiral belongs to the brush footed or four footed butterflies (they stand on four legs and curl the other two up). I checked – this fellow does what is expected of him. Monday Portrait and Macro Monday
It’s in the Eye of the Beholder
Two painted ladies, one natural, one literal. And a bonus orange: Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge: Mainly Orange
Lunchtime for an Admiral
Monday Macro
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Wings and Nets and Things
Great cabbage white and vervain Bee on daisy and bee on daisy star Cape gooseberry, caught Smoketree plume on the beach and damselfly on another damselfly Maple wings on snow Small cabbage white on clover Lens-Artists Challenge #300: Delicate
Blossoms and Butterfly
making me quite dizzy this early in the season! The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The Arrival of Spring
A Superb Surprise
The trees have started to blossom and I was delighted to see the first bees out and about collecting pollen. And I received a superb gift from Mother Nature in the form of the first butterfly of the season. I believe its a red admiral … Continue reading A Superb Surprise
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