It's a great time for butterflies at the moment. Lots are on the wing, and it's the time of year for the The Big Butterfly Count 2016 The idea is that you spend 15 minutes counting and identifying as many butterflies as you can. Near me, the most common this year seems to be Small White, but one of my favourites is the Red Admiral. Quite often seen on Buddleia, they contrast very well against these light colours.
Beautiful butterfly! I've never seen and orange and black one.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty butterfly!
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Hello, beautiful captures of the Red Admiral.
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It has been very quiet on our birding patch as well. We often do not hear any singing before sunrise, even from the mockingbirds which can sing all night in the spring. My attention also turns to butterflies but they are very scarce at present, possibly because of all the mosquito spraying in response to the local occurrence of "non-travel-related" Zika. We have encountered no mosquitoes at all, which is also very unusual. Of course we slather on the DEET.
ReplyDeleteYou are lucky to find so many Andrew... Very few here I am sad to say... Lovely photos... Michelle
ReplyDeleteFantastic captures of this beautiful butterfly!
ReplyDeleteThose are fabulous photos.
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful captures. What a lovely butterfly
ReplyDeleteGorgeous shots of a gorgeous butterfly!
ReplyDeleteSo so pretty!
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Wonderful captures! I love the butterflies. 🤗
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Wonderful captures!
ReplyDeleteSuch crisp colors. Wow!
ReplyDeleteI don't have any birds this week either. Other things like bats are hard to capture. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteAn elusive subject! Beautiful creature and you have captured it well =) #photofriday
ReplyDeleteYour knowledge and photos always astound me, Adam. I was trying to get a dog and butterfly shot at our walking park last week to no avail. Thanks for the inspiration.
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