One of the first butterflys this spring that allowed me close enough to get a photo. I photographed this rather large Sulphur in Early april 2012

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Cigaritis lohita himalayanus.

Prachantakham, Prachinburi, Thailand

For Macro Monday weekly theme : "Ethereal "

I first spotted them on the banana leaf and by the time I got my camera, they had flown to the chain link fence. The one at the bottom was very still, but alive. I guess it had to be careful. XD

Macro, butterfly, Machaon

Butterfly balanced on a grassy tightrope

A Malachatin butterfly

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2015 Dec 19

Holly blue butterfly feeding on potentilla. Focus stacked using zerene

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Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly seen in Seven Acre Park Alnwickhill. The warm weather is bringing the butterflies out.

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4. Early Dawn - Wczesny poranek - Poland...

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I would sometimes find yourself in a place where God is waiting only for someone to open the shutter - Ansel Adams [ 109 ]

really pleased to photograph this , I have been seeing uploads by other members and wished we had them in Suffolk as I had never seen one

butterfly on flower

I think this is an Admiral.....they sit on the plants around the house posing this time of year.

Comma butterfly closeups

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Priddy in the mendip hills

what I think are cabbage white butterfly eggs on a rocket leaf - same ones I photographed here www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/7960696414/ 9 days ago. Thought they looked close to hatching

Butterfly holding the petal

This little butterfly was the size of my fingernail! Extremely tiny. It was still fairly cold when I took this photo, so he wasn't moving around much. It gave me the opportunity to get closer.

Taken at Reiman Gardens, Iowa State University. Ames, Iowa