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Butterflies

By Lorraine

The gardens are busy places this time of year.
Full of critters (wanted and unwanted), birds and all sorts of flying insects.
Here are a few shots of butterflies on the buddleia bush.

This swallowtail has a damaged wing. Butterflies have many predators including ants, spiders, wasps, parasitic wasps, parasitic flies, birds, rats, toads, lizards, praying mantis, snakes and monkeys.  Their damaged wings do not seem to impede their mobility as I see them fluttering about just as though the wings were perfect.

Butterfly Wishes

Yesterday a butterfly
Came floating gently through the sky.
He soared up through the atmosphere
Then drifted close enough to hear.

I said, “I’d love to fly with you
And sail around the way you do.
It looks like it would be such fun
To fly up toward the summer sun.

But I have not your graceful charm.
I haven’t wings, just these two arms.
I’ve been designed to walk around.
My human feet must touch the ground.

Then magically he spoke to me
and told me what his wish would be.

He said, “What I’d love most to do
Is walk upon God’s Earth with you,
To squish it’s mud between my toes
Or touch my finger to my nose.

I’d love just once to walk around
With human feet to touch the ground,
But I have not two legs that swing,
I haven’t arms, just these two wings.”

And so we went our separate ways
In wonder and surprise.
For we’d both seen God’s precious gifts
Through someone else’s eyes.
Author Unknown 

This frontal view shows clearly the feeding mechanism which is a long double barreled tube called a proboscis. Because butterflies feed through what is essentially a double barreled straw, their diets are exclusively liquids.

The same butterfly from a different angle. 

Here are the stats on the first shot (the other photos are similar) 
Camera Canon EOS Digital Rebel
Exp: 1/320
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Flash: not used
Editing:  Slight cropping,  bumped up contrast a bit and slight sharpening of image.
   

Filed Under: Home and Garden, Uncategorized Tagged With: butterflies

Comments

  1. bripolo12 says

    July 27, 2010 at 9:48 pm

    LOVE the butterfly pics. They are always one of my favorite subjects. Thank you for sharing them, they really are wonderful.

    Reply
  2. gypsyrose says

    July 25, 2010 at 8:08 am

    I have to agree with everyone else the photos are beautiful and I really love that poem.

    Reply
  3. crochet lady says

    July 24, 2010 at 9:51 pm

    Stunning pictures of some beautiful creatures!

    Reply
  4. Janice says

    July 24, 2010 at 8:28 pm

    Stunning photos Lorraine and a lovely poem.

    Reply
  5. Deb says

    July 24, 2010 at 1:49 am

    Those are some of the most beautiful photographs I've seen. Great job!

    Reply
  6. Olga says

    July 24, 2010 at 1:56 am

    Incredible pictures! You captured all the beauty of these little creatures. And that's a beautiful poem.

    Reply
  7. jay says

    July 23, 2010 at 11:41 pm

    You got some great shots! Love the face-on one which hardly shows the wings. An unusual perspective, but I like it!

    Reply
  8. Valerie says

    July 23, 2010 at 10:28 pm

    Valerie said…
    Love those butterflies – and what a neat poem.

    I don't very often see the yellow swallow tails around here, in fact I have seen very few butterflies – this year and last year.
    I might just have to plant a butterfly bush!

    Reply
  9. Meri says

    July 23, 2010 at 8:33 pm

    Wonderful, well captured photographs. I can see why they're in your favorites.

    Reply
  10. marie says

    July 23, 2010 at 8:04 pm

    Such beautiful photos! The second one is my favorite. Butterflies are one of my favorites in God's creation.

    Reply
  11. Angel says

    July 23, 2010 at 6:53 pm

    What Wonderful shots, and the poem also Wonderful 🙂
    Have a Great weekend ~
    Angel

    Reply
  12. Ann says

    July 23, 2010 at 3:54 pm

    Amazing photos, those butterflies are so pretty. That front view is very cool. I loved the poem also.

    Reply
  13. jean luc says

    July 23, 2010 at 3:33 pm

    Awesome macro's serie here , peaceful and so tender. And beautiful words in the poem. Bravo !

    Reply
  14. Mildred says

    July 23, 2010 at 1:45 pm

    Such great butterfly shots and I love the poem. Have a wonderful weekend.

    Reply

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