Good morning! And welcome to this week's 'Five on Friday'!
I don't have a lot of time this morning, so I'm going to scoot right on into this week's post. The topic I've selected is butterflies! 🦋
1) Last summer this Gulf Fritillary Butterfly and a few of its friends visited our zinnias. John, nor I, either one had seen this kind of butterfly before, so watching them was a real treat for both of us!
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Gulf Fritillary Butterfly on Zinnas |
2) I don't know what kind of butterfly this is, but this was the very first photo that I took with the digital camera, so it would have been taken around mid-August of last year. The butterfly was sunning itself on the mint that had flowered in my herb-wheel. That's what the little purple flowers are that you can see fading into the background.
![Image may contain: plant, flower, outdoor and nature](https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/67731056_10157055061298141_7306043183597617152_o.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_sid=05277f&_nc_ohc=pPN6AkVf7fcAX_LxW5r&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&_nc_tp=6&oh=bed3c202f35e71da3526ead5762eeafe&oe=5EF3DC2F) |
Unknown (To Me) Species on Mint |
3) I spotted this Tiger Swallowtail flitting around, sipping nectar from the purple-headed coneflowers (a.k.a. echinacea) in our front yard last year. Pollinators of all kinds visit the coneflowers, as do the brightly-colored goldfinches.
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Tiger Swallowtail on Purple Coneflower |
4) I took this photo of a Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly when my youngest daughter and I were out and about on Wednesday. Great Spangled Fritillaries are large, beautiful butterflies and are native to the tallgrass prairies of southwest Missouri.
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Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly |
5) I took this photo of a Monarch sipping nectar from butterfly milkweed a couple of years or so ago out at the state park where I work. This large, beautiful, orange and black butterfly is my favorite butterfly and my heart delights every time I see one. I've only seen two or three so far this year.
![](https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/65385440_10156965997338141_2267126314286710784_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=fKEjT4GqGqwAX_0aMns&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&_nc_tp=6&oh=4ebc9492fe60f0b482b1ceaef21163f0&oe=5EF60BBE) |
Monarch Butterfly on Butterfly Milkweed |
What about you? What kind of butterflies are found are your corner of the globe? And what is your favorite?
Until next time...
~Rebecca
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Monarchs are my favorite butterflies as well! I've seen maybe 1 or 2 I think so far this year. Hoping as it warms up and summer finally gets here that we'll start seeing a lot more.
ReplyDeleteYes, me, too! When we lived in Blue Springs we were right in the fly-zone one year. While at the park one evening we witnesses thousands of Monarchs over-nighting in the trees there. The branches were so heavy with Monarchs that they were drooping! It was amazing!!! <3
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