Captured for Macro Mondays theme: tea.

bushveld purple tip/colotis ion

Sorry, can't show the purple tip, its on the inside, although with butterflies its called the upper side.

Update: iNaturalist's ID seems to be: diverse white/appias epaphia contracta www.inaturalist.org/observations/10243925

Auroraperhonen; Orange Tip; Anthocharis cardamines

As I was driving back to Anchroage from Seward I saw this mountain top. What grabbed my attention were the crisp sharp lines and angles of the snow on the mountain top.

France; Brenne, Lignac 5/4/20

Coronavirus Lockdown Garden Macro of an everyday plant...first attempt with 36mm tube and Sigma 85m F1.4 Art. (I expect there will be a lot of people doing this at the moment)

Green Bees don't care about the petal tips, they don't have pollen or nectar on offer

On an errand today I had the feeling it might be worth taking the camera. Just as I was about to head back I saw this little beauty resting up on some brambles.

Despite the blown out areas I do like taking shots of these backlit as the orange just glows.

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France; Brenne, Cherine 5/5/17.

Female Orange Tip resting on Lady's Smock.

Kingcombe Meadows, Dorset.

I love seeing the butterflies again. :)

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Low flying egret occasionally tipping the surface of the water.

Orange tip feeding on Honesty flowers with forget-me-nots

Tarifa , Spain

Orange-tip : Anthocharis cardamines

Anthocharis cardamines.

A nectaring male Orange Tip

An old picture. I really liked the contrast between the shapes of the tips and the shadows on the background. Hope you'll like it!

#tip #LookingCloseonFriday

Brand-Knabenkraut - Neotinea ustulate

Growing in midst a yellow carpet of spurge (Euphorbia, Wolfsmilch)

Burnt-tip Orchid / neotinea ustulata. Derbyshire. 25/05/22.

'A CLOSER LOOK AT A FEW OF THE FLOWERS.'

I used selective focus to get detail of several small flowers at the top of this BTO spike.

If viewed large, you can see a pollinia stuck to the outside of one flower's cowl - the work of a visiting invertebrate! It adds a bit more interest, although I didn't notice it until viewing the image on the computer.

BEST VIEWED LARGE.

Little Blue Heron

Anthocharis cardamines,

Taken in South Cumbria.

Burnley, Lancashire

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This male Orange Tip was busy flying around when he decided to settle, this was my chance to grab a few shots before he took to the wing again.

Image taken at the Stonebow Washlands in Charnwood. Orange - tips in our area have been plentiful so far this year and it was a bonus to catch the Male and Female together.

At the end of a long day this Hooded Merganser enjoys tipping one back.

I don't often get the chance to photograph these butterflies. They are constantly on the move and hardly ever land.

I was very lucky with this one.....except I didn't have my macro lens with me !

simple and live colors.. please have a colorful Monday... an do not forget to leave the door open :)

At home

One from last year, keep seeing them go through garden but they do not stop. Will we get out in time to photograph these this year I wonder. Taken late evening with the low sun back lighting the butterfly and a little fill flash on front of subject. Kingcombe Meadows, Dorset.

'Hebomoia glaucippe' The 'Great orange-tip' butterfly in a heated butterfly house.

Rusty-tipped page (Siproeta epaphus) or brown siproeta, is a New World butterfly that lives all year in tropical habitats. Seen at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's Butterfly Jungle

No comments, please. I'm writing to anyone who might act about our global warming and climate change. We decided not to have progeny, but innocent wildlife suffers.

I hope you'll join me.

(Converted to black and white using Flickr’s Photo Editor.)