Taken in our garden, apart from small whites this is the only butterfly to visit our garden so far this year.

Small white butterfly. Loads of these this year, taken in our garden.

Large White butterfly. Taken in the gardens of Butterfly World.

Sitting at the top of a buddleia bush in the garden

aka 'Butterfly Bush'

My garden, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, Uk

Buddleia at Plas Brondawn gardens. In the background you can see the blue ball-like flower heads of Echinops.

Lots of butterflies around today and I think this one works well against the pale background

Lackford Lakes

Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

Bury St Edmunds. Suffolk.

10th August 2021

They are so busy, they don't take too much notice of me.

This was one very obedient butterfly. I was standing here with the camera round the neck and ready to shoot. I was talking to a friend while watching this little guy flutter around, and I jokingly said to him "I want it to land right there" and pointed to this exact spot. Five seconds later.....it did!

Unsure of the exact ID on this - I am hopeless with insects! Any input welcome.

(Now identified as a Common Brown, with thanks to David Nice)

Dans les zones alluvionnaires du lit du Jabron...

(X): Machaon (Papilio machaon) ou Grand porte-queue

By the Jabron river

In the alluvial areas of the Jabron riverbed...

(X): Common yellow swallowtail or Old word swallotail

(X): Schwalbenschwanz

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Dans cette partie sur le Rocher qui domine notre résidence tout ce qui veut pousser pousse sans contrainte.

A Buddleia finds itself a spot by the canal

Have a great week ahead everyone! Peacock butterfly taken in Little Common Stanmore.

Taken in our friend's garden. Judy and Merv have a wonderful garden and we love staying with them when we are in the UK.

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Tomorrow we fly out for home after just on 7 weeks travelling around. Peter has found the driving much more taxing since our last trip in 2019,

My white buddleia is doing very well this year, I just had to put a face to this one.

Mehr von meinen Bildern,

More of my pictures:

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Tiny buddleia leaves.

HMM!

Macro Mondays: Green

The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) above is a co-mimic (Müllerian mimicry) of the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus). Both are bitter-tasting and poisonous to the creatures that try to eat them. But they co-mimic each other in color and pattern to offer both species further protection from predators.

There are two types of biomimicry: Batesian Mimicry occurs when one relatively helpless species evolves to copy the warning signals of a harmful species.

Mullerian Mimicry is a mutually beneficial co-mimicry where two equally harmful species mimic each other for a stronger, combined result in repelling predators.

Knowing that the Monarch survival rate in the wild (from egg to butterfly) is only 2% - 8%, every bit of advantage serves to boost the chances of the survival of the Monarch.

Ready for its flight southwards this autumn!

Hello, dearest friends again !! I am back to stay!! Well, I sometimes , I know , I behave like a butterfly!! I come and go.. But, yes, sometimes I love to take distance from certain of my occupations for a certain period.... Even beloved ones like Flickr….But I always return, with more inspiration, creativity, and productivity…So, I read more books, or I am more busy with my loved ones, like friends, pets, family, and my beloved garden …..

In these butterly pictures of mine, you can see 2 lovely butterlies, while visiting my newly adopted Buddleia Davidii!! They came to visit during a blessed sunny period amidst the heavy, moody, grey, rainy period of these recent months!! It felt like a blessing to me!! Therefore, I now share this blessing with you!! ❤️❤️❤️

Helios 44-2 58mm f/2

I sit near the buddleia watching the butterflies and enjoying the smell of honey.

Another shot of a Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae ) in my lockdown garden.

Shot with Auto-Takumar 55mm f1.8 (at f1.8)

The pointy end of a tiny buddleia leaf.

HSoS!

A Red Admiral butterfly on a buddleia on a summers day

Spinus tristis

HBW!

Avec papillon et butineurs

Bon week-end

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A male Tiger swallowtail on one of our buddleia. N Georgia yard - this week

Happy Butterfly Monday!