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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382259) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Mar

The photo (courtesy Kriengsak Jirasirirojanakorn, Wikimedia) shows butterflies in Kaeng Krachan National Park, a UNESCO-listed forest in Thailand. An hour-and-a-half from Hua Hin, the forest is home to over 250 butterfly species,...

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Interesting Facts About Butterflies

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 24 Feb

I read an article about butterflies and thought I would share what I learned. Here we go: * A Queen Alexandria is the largest butterfly in the world. It has a 10-inch wing span. I was highly prized among collectors but now it is...

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I'm excited!

Fleur @Fleura (35055) • United Kingdom 2 Jul

Several times I’ve been on here lamenting the lack of insects the last few years. I’ve been out in the garden or walking in the countryside and everything has been unnaturally still and quiet. Other people have noticed this as...

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Butterflies Love Orange Flowers

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 14 Jun 24

You can choose flowers of purple, pink, blue, red, yellow and white. But what of the bright orange color to really give a happy and eye-catching shade of color? And, butterflies love it. Both annual and perennial flowers come in...

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The butterfly effect

Patricia Ocampo @iKONICNoona (4403) • Philippines 4 Jan 24

This is my photo during my cousin's wedding. This was at the wedding reception and this spot was my favorite of all because it is so magical to my eyes. Flowers and butterflies always enchants me. There were lots of guests at the...

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Hello, myLot!

Stacey @xstitcher (39045) • Petaluma, California 2 May 23

It's 4:23 p.m. and I'm home from work. In a minute I'll go and get the mail. This morning it rained on me some, but fortunately not enough to require my boss to put my clothes in her dryer while I sat in the bathroom in her...

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No butterflies

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 13 Sep 22

I hardly see butterflies in our garden these days. When Ixora was in full bloom at different spots in the garden we saw them but looks like they are not interested in the few other flowers that we see in our garden. My concern...

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Two is Always Better Than One Pipevine Butterfly

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 9 Aug 22

Sharing a different butterfly. I was lucky enough to get two in this one. I actually also made a 4-minute video of these two beauties. They are called Pipevine Swallowtail butterflies. Of course, the male is the one with the...

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In Birbhum and Bankura the dahlia flower farms attract dragonflies and butterflies

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23251) 9 Apr 22

The flies and insects venture around the flowering biosphere. Bankura and Birbhum in West Bengal are very fertile. There are flower farms spread across big areas. There are lovely flowers like dahlias, crysanthemum, hibiscus. In...

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Herding Butterflies

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 21 Feb 22

Between other tasks, I have been working to assemble the hourglass blocks that you see in the photo into larger blocks that are supposed to look like flying butterflies. The tricky bit (for me at least) is following the...

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Springy Out

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 11 Feb 22

The last couple of days I have been enjoying seeing birds lighting on the tree limbs outside of my window. I guess they are nibbling on new buds. There have been a lot of them too. Wrens mostly and a few doves. I used to enjoy...

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ixora the favourite of butterflies

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 24 Nov 21

I have been observing the movement of butterflies here and notice they are mostly see on the Ixora flowers and we have many of them Strangely they do not go anywhere near the Alamanda We have these flowers in plenty specially...

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In butterfly garden in Daringbari there are beautiful flowers.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23251) 25 Oct 21

Generally flowers and plants attracts butterflies and dragonflies. There is a butterfly garden situated at 4000 feet in Daringbari in Orissa. There are beautiful flower plants planted in the park. Due to attraction of the flowers,...

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Butterflies

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 6 Sep 21

We do not have many butterflies as I notice they like seasonal flowers But our ixora attracts them and here you see this butterfly on one of our yellow ixora. Talking of butterflies I remembere while I was in school I had taken...

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Autumn Joy Sedum Skippers

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 23 Aug 21

Was outside just now looking at the garden. My autumn joy sedum is just starting to change colors from green to pink. It will eventually turn a burgundy color. I have talked about this plant for many years. I kept it on the deck...

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Butterfly flower

Nevena Zivkovic @Nevena83 (66063) • Serbia 24 Jun 21

Good evening friends I promised @CarolDM to post a photo of a flower with butterflies on it all day, so here it is. The fly, of course, had to fly into the frame. It is a type of rosemary, but it has...

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When ya can't find what'cha seek

crazyhorseladycx @crazyhorseladycx (39503) • United States 5 Oct 20

Brilliant orange caught my eye this e'enin'. Flutterin' 'cross the vines, dancin' 'round the trees lower branches. I confess my heart skipped a beat's my first thought 'twas a Monarch. Grabbed the camera'n the pursuit began....

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My Morning Boosters

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 25 Sep 20

Do you have some rituals to make your day so happy? Mine is going out at the backyard and check on my two Kabir chicken; feed them, then walk to my ternatea plants to pick some flowers for morning tea.I also check if there are...

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Rainy Morning With the Butterflies

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 28 Aug 20

Was out having coffee in the screen room earlier. A fast cup of coffee as it was so muggy, like a sauna out there. Then the rain came, a quick shower. Should get more later. Before the rain I snapped this photo of a little brown...

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Two Butterflies On Same Bloom

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 21 Jul 20

After coffee earlier I went out to water the garden before it heats up today. I saw these two butterflies on the same bloom. What we call a twofer! They really enjoy the butterfly bushes in Dustin's garden. Snapped several...

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