Other butterflies, like this Red Lacewing (Cethosia biblis), preferred to hide in the shrubbery and flowers to feed and rest.

I've never seen this flower before. It was blooming on a very large bush/tree and did not have a name plaque. No butterfly visited the flower but many (...)

From black strangers to black & white abstract. It was bound to happen, you know.

Excitable kid + frantic butterfly = great photographer. I've often been accused of hiding my light under a bushel basket but I'm quite proud of this i (...)

Visiting the Nesbitt Butterfly & Moth Exhibit was a wonderful experience to which I gladly contributed some funding. The show was free but donations w (...)

Named after the bush the caterpillars feed upon. Asterocampa Celtis - Hackberry butterfly.

The other thing that got me was the short lifespan of these insects. A brief hourrah and poof they are gone in a flash of colour. It was wonderful to (...)

Two for the price of one shot.

Admiral or Viceroy butterfly. A variant of either family? Who knows? Not me.

Zebra Butterfly - Heliconius Charithonia. There were quite a few of these butterflies. So many that it was hard to keep them out of certain shots.

This butterfly seems to be saying, "You lookin' at me? You want a piece of me?" It is a good thing they are not larger with mandibles or we'd be in se (...)

The Nesbitt Exhibit also featured a collection of moths. They were all caged. This seemed cruel but it was practical. Moths are nocturnal. If let out (...)

A Mother-Of-Pearl butterfly and blue sky.

A butterfly waiting for light to push it into the dark unknown.

Red Lacewing displays its incredible wings.

It stayed while I fiddled with the camera settings, after having to change the batteries. Its vibrating wings betrayed its eagerness to be on its way (...)