A steep path through the woods led to an open field. We often stop by hoping to spot something interesting. It was late October and we hadn’t expected to see butterflies and especially not in the numbers we did that afternoon. I spotted one, then another, painted ladies were everywhere. It seems we were on their migration path last fall as they headed south. Luckily we were out that day and saw them too.
February 18, 2018 at 11:51 pm
Butterfly photos are my favourite! 🙂
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February 19, 2018 at 7:47 am
Thank you, pleased you like them.
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February 15, 2018 at 7:25 pm
Lovely! This brings back those warm days of early autumn, sigh.
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February 15, 2018 at 8:51 pm
Thank you Eliza!
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February 15, 2018 at 1:55 am
Beautiful. I can smell the sunshine!
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February 15, 2018 at 8:14 am
Thank you😊
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February 14, 2018 at 7:40 pm
Love butterflies, frustrating to shoot. 🙂, nice shoots.
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February 15, 2018 at 8:10 am
Thanks!
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February 14, 2018 at 3:06 pm
Great Lady shots! 🙂 They seem to be one of the more playful species; they like to chase each other back and forth and such…
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February 14, 2018 at 3:56 pm
Thank you. They certainly were sociable the afternoon we saw them😊
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February 14, 2018 at 2:17 pm
Beautiful photos, Belinda. I’d never seen this butterfly until I moved out west, they sure are beautiful. I loved photographing them.
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February 14, 2018 at 3:53 pm
Thank you Laura. They are a pleasure to photograph.
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February 14, 2018 at 12:01 pm
They are so pretty! We had tons of Painted Ladies in August.
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February 14, 2018 at 12:58 pm
Thank you. They seemed to cut a wide swath this year, for everyone to enjoy😊
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February 14, 2018 at 11:25 am
Amazing photo, beautiful! ❤️
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February 14, 2018 at 12:40 pm
Thanks very much!
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February 14, 2018 at 8:53 am
How very exciting to come across their migration path. Excellent photos, Belinda, of this beautiful butterfly.
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February 14, 2018 at 10:20 am
It was, everywhere we looked there they were! Thank you Jet.
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February 14, 2018 at 8:30 am
It’s always a treat to find something unexpected like this. Beautiful captures of the ladies on clover.
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February 14, 2018 at 9:58 am
It certainly is😊 Thanks Ellen!
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February 14, 2018 at 6:55 am
Looks as if they are enjoying some red clover nectar.
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February 14, 2018 at 8:30 am
Yes, there was plenty for them all.
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February 14, 2018 at 5:03 am
You have captured them in beautiful detail, Belinda.
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February 14, 2018 at 8:27 am
Thanks very much.
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February 14, 2018 at 4:39 am
Love painted ladies! Some years in the UK we have a huge migration from Africa, they then stay and breed in massive numbers before heading south. Other years we have very few.
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February 14, 2018 at 8:27 am
They are beautiful and in large numbers quite spectacular.
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February 14, 2018 at 4:30 am
Beautiful images – and a creature we see here too. A 🙂
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February 14, 2018 at 8:25 am
Thank you Adrian!
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