biggerFLUTTERBY
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
Philippines
September 26, 2018 5:53am CST
When I opened the gate for my son to bring in the car, and when we both were about to enter inside the house, my son excitedly showed me this flying butterfly that was bigger than the normal and regular-sized kind. The butterfly has black and yellow-colored wings and it kept on sipping nectar from our orange santan flowers (scientific name of the flower is ixora coccinea).
The butterfly kept on transferring from one flower to another that my son followed it and took pictures. When it flew away, I asked my son to send me the pictures on messenger.
I love nature, and this butterfly is one simple nature that I appreciate much.
I remember that a butterfly was first identified as a flutterby because it flutters its wings passing by flowers.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
I also love to take photos of butterflies...
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
hello, hija, how are you? it is raining heavily now, some remnants of typhoon Paeng.
i guess you can take better pictures of butterflies because you have a camera with those big lenses?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
@brokenbee but i like your microphotography that you posted on FB hija
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
@ridingbet i just use my mobile phone Ate.. =))
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
thank you. it is actually bigger in size than those flying here everyday
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@just4him (306352)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
28 Sep 18
@ridingbet It does look big.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
28 Sep 18
@just4him i have not seen it the following day; probably it flew in another garden.
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@LadyDuck (458230)
• Switzerland
27 Sep 18
@ridingbet I am glad that your flowers are blooming. I only have some roses still blooming.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
thank you. it is also nice because our santan flowers are all blooming.
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
27 Sep 18
@ridingbet it was a wonderful photo of so much beauty.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
28 Sep 18
@bluesa thank you, thanks to the camera of my son's phone.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
my son got 9 pictures and this one is nice because the butterfly spread its wings and showed how big it is. the flowers are also in their radiant colors
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
That means you have a sound eenvironment there. I also saw one in my garden last week.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
yes, when our garden has many flowers blooming, i think butterflies come sipping nectar of their chosen flowers.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
Maybe they went hungry too after Ompong.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
our garden has many flowers blooming that many butterflies, big and small, flutter by.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
@ZedSmart better too if you have a green thumb, unlike me who does not have it.
@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
@ridingbet It's very nice to have a garden. It's not only relaxing but refreshing.
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@popciclecold (35111)
• United States
26 Sep 18
When I was a kid I used to see them a lot, but not anymore. Thanks for sharing.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
why is it so? aren't there any flowers in the gardens where you reside?
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
Recently, I saw a butterfly who had broken wings. I ended up transferring it somewhere away from harm. Didn't see it the next day.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
do you have the regular type of camera? the one with big lenses?
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
you are welcome, and yes, i love nature too.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
actually, the picture was taken in the afternoon when my son arrived home before 6PM.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
it was my son's phone's camera that took the shot of the butterfly. yes too, it is great to have phones with built-in cameras now so we can take pictures of anything we find beautiful.
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