Weekend before last, I went to the Desert Botanical Garden and took one more stroll through the butterfly pavilion. Visits to the pavilion are now scheduled and timed so it takes a bit of pre-planning. I'm glad I made the effort though because the butterflies were actively enjoying all the flowers. I got another shot of my favorite, the Malachite butterfly.
I also got rare glimpse of the underside of a Gulf Fritillary.
They almost always sit with their wings spread wide open like this so it's kind of rare to get to see them sitting with their wings up and the underside of their wings are so pretty. You can tell from the blur of the wing tips in my second photo that I caught this one just before it was about to spread it's wings to display the top side.
15 comments:
Beautiful colours.
Wonderful colors, such detail.
Seeing all of the butterflies would certainly lift the spirits, Sharon!
Beautiful butterflies :)
Pero qué bonitas mariposas.
Preciosas imágenes.
Besos.
Very nice and great photos, as usual.
Beautiful colours and patterns on those lovely butterflies.
Very colourful!
Good luck where you are tomorrow! We're pullin' for ya. :-)
So precious.
Nice! Love that malachite.
I have a weakness for butterflies.
It is very rewarding when we can manage to photograph a butterfly!!
They are all beautiful !
You did well to get these close up shots.
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