These pretty little butterflies are easy to spot as the males’ wings have bright orange tips – giving them their name! They are a common sight during spring and can be found in lots of places including meadows, woodland and hedges. The adults lay their eggs on special plants to ensure that their caterpillars have the right food to eat. Orange-tip caterpillars love garlic mustard, cuckooflower and hedge mustard plants.

The male orange-tip is unmistakeable: a white butterfly, half of its forewing is a bold orange, and it has light grey wingtips. The female is also white, but has grey-black wingtips, similar to the white butterflies. Both sexes show a mottled, 'mossy grey' pattern on the underside of their hindwings when at rest.

Harskamp, The Netherlands

I've been informed that this is asclepias tuberosa, or butterflyweed. Many thanks, Arthur.

"Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never watched them dancing on a windy day." ~Shira Tamir

Thanks for your visit and taking the time to comment so I can visit your photos, too... very much appreciated! Have a great day!

Burnt orange skies create a glittering surface on the waters off of Lido Beach in Florida.

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Orange for Smile on Saturday!

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This was photographed for the group: Looking close... on Friday!

And the subject of Marmalade. I went to jelly and was in a jam but I finally got stuck on this shot. It's very cruel for a diabetic to be this close to a favourite treat and not be able to have any!

Dear friends, thank you all for your views, comments and faves!

And Happy Friday!

Hello my amazing Flickr friends !

Today is an orange day at Color my World Daily and guess what is theme at Crazy Tuesday ? Orange of course !! Isn’t that awesome or what ?

And we have Mr. Teddy Bear with us since we celebrate Happy Teddy Bear Tuesdays.

Mr. Teddy Bear is very depressed… He is in love and all that but he misses travelling. He would love to take Princess with him and go visit another country… or another planet …

Why not creating his own planet to surprise his love ! Mr. Teddy Bear decided to create an orange planet since it is Princess’s favorite color. He asked me if it was ok to borrow my new caliper stand. Since it was for love I gave me permission. So here we go: an orange planet waiting for Princess. And dont worry, Mr. Teddy Bear has a romantic meal with Champagne planed.

I hope you like my orange planet and see you later my friends !! Have an amazing day !

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and well!! And see you soon on Flickr !!

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Than as two wolves, come separately to a wood." Ted Hughes

Did you understand from my shot that they are not natural ones 😊🙏

Standard roses have pointed shape petals rotated around one center while Garden roses have ruffled petals swirling around different centers to form a rounded bloom🙏

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Italia Roma

Calendula Orange Daisy

Orange flower.

Fuller Avenue, Hornsby (Waitara)

Near the corner of Pretoria Parade.

Northern Sydney.

My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV, with the Canon EF 100mm macro 2.8/L lens.

Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.

A november morning in Midden Delfland, South Holland.

Orange Gerbera Daisy Flower

Male Orange Tip butterfly in my garden

A wordplay with: Orange is the new black:-)

( archived photo )

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manyo rose

"Rusty Orange" Barmouth North Wales ❤

And oh, those fresh oranges of Spain, they are everywere! The best orange juice ever!

Macoro mondays theme: orange and blue

Ingredients:

Sony ILCE-7M2

Sony 2.8/90 Macro G OSS

the inner glow of a crocus

Manual setup and focus, available light, handheld. Hope, you enjoy! All visits, faves and comments are appreciated!

Can you tell apart orange blossoms from lemon ones? Orange blossoms are white; lemon flowers have purple blush on the back sides of the petals.

The first light after the rain.