Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Massachusetts Butterflies

Butterfly season has been in full swing for months now, but this week it has been especially easy and enjoyable to find a variety of good subjects posing on beautiful flowers!  This Framingham, MA garden was full of activity.  It was great to watch some fight for control of their flowers.  Even bees fly up and bump into the butterflies that are nectaring, hoping to knock them off a good blossom.  Occasionally, they will share.

 Common Sootywing on verbena


 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on zinnia


 Fiery Skipper on Globe Amaranthus


 Monarch on verbena


 Least Skipper on verbena (great name for such a tiny one!)


 Cabbage White on verbena


 Painted Lady on zinnia

 Painted Lady on Globe Amaranthus


 Painted Lady.  Love this blue section!


 Painted Lady on dahlia


 Common Sootywing on Globe Amaranthus



 Guess who? on dahlia


Love this one!  It's a color-coordinated butterfly!

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