Out of the Archives: Butterfly Beauty

 

 I know I am jumping the gun by posting pictures of this butterfly, but I couldn't hold back the spring fever it brought on while I was clearing out the camera from last year. I found these two pictures that I took in August.  And being as our weather here still contains the word "snow," I thought this little butterfly was a great picture of what is to come in a very short while...

The butterfly is only a 1/2 inch long and is called "Peck's Butterfly."  It's actually a skipper type of butterfly because of the way it flies in short skipping motions.  It was hard getting a picture of this kind because they are constantly in motion and extremely fast moving.  It's busily working on a white "Zinnia Profusion," a short and spreading zinnia hybrid that did awesomely well in containers as well as attracting lots of these little guys.

As my camera is only a simple point and shoot, I was pretty happy to get these photos.  And feel a little more assured that Spring is coming soon..!

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