Thursday, October 26, 2017

Butterflies of a Different Color


This year, instead of having only monarch butterflies in the butterfly pavilion for the fall exhibit, the Desert Botanical Garden has shared the pavilion with a few other colorful butterflies.  The one above is called a White Peacock.


This one is called a Common Buckeye.  I think he's too pretty to have that 'common' moniker attached to his name.


I also spotted this Gulf Fritillary flitting about in the enclosure.  


And, this Pipevine Swallowtail was also showing off his colors.  Mixed in with the monarch butterflies, these beauties made a colorful assortment to admire.

12 comments:

  1. The Buckeye is incredible, and I've never seen that swallowtail before, either. Amazing! I have seen Gulf fritillaries in Florida -- and white peacocks, too, although the Florida ones look a bit different, I think.

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  2. Definitely nothing common about these gorgeous butterflies! The swallowtail is my favourite though!

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  3. I wonder fi they all get along! ;-))

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  4. We have most of these here. I think. Or maybe I think that because I saw them at a Butterfly Garden in Gainesville. Your shots are wonderful and I think you made the butterflies' mothers proud!

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  5. They are all so lovely that it's hard to pick a favorite!

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  6. Have you been to Butterfly Wonderland up by Talking Rock? I was wearing a Hawaiian shirt when we were there and the butterflies loved it, lighting on me for extended stays.

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  7. I just came back to tell you that I saw a Monarch fluttering by heading south about 1 hour ago. It is only 8˚C ( ~46˚F) here so he better get a move on!

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  8. All of those butterflies are gorgeous. They have wonderful colours and are all unique. Super photos Sharon.

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