My Little Buddy

Ldy butterflies are just about my favorite thing in the world. Yes we have them coming out here in NC. Butterflies always remind me of our relationship with Christ we start out as something so ugly, he cocoons us in his love and when we are reborn, we come out as something beautiful. Didn't mean to start a sermon here, but that is the truth, and a beautiful thing to behold. Thank you for sharing your butterfly story with us, that is awesome, isn't it wonderful how some insects and animals just seem to sense the people they are safe around. Have a blessed day, and enjoy this beautiful Spring weather.

I have lots of butterflies in my yard. They are sure pretty. They do land on me occasionally. The one in your yard is beautiful.

Wow. Black and white. I have never seen one like that. We had butterflies and moths all over a few weeks ago. Then a cold snap came through and they went MIA. Now that the temps are warming up again I am sure they will come back out, I know my cat will enjoy that.

What a beautiful little butterfly. I love butterflies but don't remember having one stick around like this one did for you. You must have been wearing the right colors to attract him for so long. I'll bet those little balls are collected pollen that got stuck to it's legs .

I have not seen any Butterflys yet, I have had a few lady bugs come for a visit though. I like lady bugs too. When I lived in the Buffalo Mn, the Monarchs(sp) would migrate right through my back yard. So once year the yard would be full of lovely Monarch butterflys all over the place. I looked forward to it every year. That sure was a pretty little friend you made. Nice photo!

We had them at the old house all the time. At the new house, the landscaping really doesn't have anything that attracts butterflies yet, but it's definitely in the plans.

wow I hardly ever see butterflies but I have never had one land on me, that is so cool. I think butterflies are God's greatest creations.

well i havent seen butterflies after i move in ...sad to say that there are no plants here nor trees...i like butteflies...i feel relaxed and happy seeing them flying around with colorful wings..

I have seen a few butterflies this year, a lot of the little yellow ones - but not so little as what you describe here.... excellent photo for such a little thing. those little orange balls are interesting, I was wondering if they were pollen when I read your discussion, but seeing the picture up close it sure does not look like it. Is this perhaps a moth and not a butterfly? I can not tell from the pic.

my grandpa had a way with butterflies and they would come and land on his arm. he was very gentle and I think they knew it . these were those big orange and gold and black butteflies that came in swarms. really gorgeous creatures too I believe they are called monarchs.I think that they do have some sort of attraction for certain people I have not seen many butterflies here which is odd with all the plants and blooming shrubs we have.

Oh that was nice. I love butterflies too. But I have not seen one yet in our backyard. What I see now which really annoy me are bugs. Bugs started bugging me now. I hate going out in the yard because of the bugs flying above my head and chewing on my cheeks. I just hate it. That is one thing I don't like about spring and summer... the BUGS.

That butterfly sounds beautiful Ldyjarhead! Wish I could have seen it. I am living way out here in northern California and I have been seeing some butterflies for about 2 months I would say. Most of them are little white ones. Occasionally I will see a Monarch or ones similar but not very often. I rarely see big ones anymore like I used to as a child.

Its actually long ever since i saw butterflies. my city is crowded to a point where we do not have gardens for the beautiful creatures

Isn't that cool a butterfly that I've never seen befor that looks like that one. I think it's neat how you said you would put it down it would fly clear across the yard and come back and land on you. I guess you can say you have yourself a nice little friend. I've never heard of a butterfly doing that either enjoy him. We have white moth butterflies and a few monarchs that's about it. I like the monarch's especially they are beautiful.

I love butterflies! They are so beautiful. Yes we have them all over the place here. Of course it has been raining a lot so I haven't seen that many lately. The weather finally straightened up today but I was stuck in the house with articles that were due today for Demand so I haven't been outside much to see any. :)

I just had to answer this even though it's a few months old. I think you can understand about this being a fellow nutcase "rescuer" of sorts...LOL Some years ago there was this large and beautiful butterfly...I never seen the likes of it in my life as most butterflies in my area are just plain white or yellow ones and rather small. Well, something was wrong with the butterfly...it couldn't fly! Perhaps it's time was up soon. So since it was so beautiful and I just plain didn't want to see anything happen to it...guess what I did? Yup, took it home....I carefully scooped it in my hands and took it into my apartment. I had a aquarium type tank thing to keep it in to keep it safe from my darling kitties. But while it was alive I had a field day photographing it up close...yikes it even allowed me to perch it on my shoulder (the way one would a parrot bird). I did place "food" in the tank and it did nibble on it. The next day though when I woke up it had gone to butterfly heaven..but at least for awhile it was safe with me. I later looked it up and it turned out to be an American Black Swallowtail. Ever since then, I've NEVER seen another one around..strange, no?

Wow what an odd looking butterfly. I looked at your picture and I know that I have never seen a butterfly like that before. It is very interesting. I wonder what those orange balls on his legs are for. Have you found out the name of this butterfly? I looked in a butterfly identification book that my daughter and I borrowed from our local library and I could not find this one in there. It only has common species so maybe thats why this little interesting butterfly was not in there.

I haven't seen any yet this year, but they must not be too far off if you're seeing them now. We do have bees out in the yard now. I've seen them buzzing among the grape hyacinths and strawberry blossoms in the backyard.