Hackberry Emperor Butterfly (Asterocampa celtis)
Butterfly 2020-17

Sometimes when looking back on things
One discovers it's really not worth looking back on

Keep moving forward.

#butterfly #butterflies #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

Started some cuttings of correa, hakea (or maybe it’s an acacia?), crowea, silver banksia, and indigo (I think?) on the balcony to add to the guerilla gardening stash. Hoping that in two or three months, they’ll be ready to plant out in reserves and green strips, where they’ll provide food for local birds and insects.
#gardening #florespondence #ClimateAction #bees #birds #butterflies

Started on my next new cross stitch project Winging It
#artist #artistonmastodon #crafts #crossstitch #butterflies #nature #wildlife #wildlifeart #creativity

Queen Butterfly (Danaus gilippus)
Butterfly 2018-40

Perhaps today is the day
Everything starts to get better

Happy New Year 2026

#butterfly #butterflies #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

White peacock butterfly (Anartia jatrophae)
Butterfly 2018-106

I am only lazy
Because I lack the effort to change this.

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2025 with Dobs
It has been a great pleasure sharing all of my views with you.
🔭🤓
#moon
#astronomy
#gibbeousmoon
#lunarpics
#saturn
#jupiter
#eclipse
#photography
#astrophotography
#smartphoneastronomy
#monarch
#butterflies

https://youtube.com/shorts/z18u1jtNkcI?si=ny_1973bkz-y977m

I went for a bike ride today, my monthly biodiversity monitoring loop from Christchurch-Prebbleton-Lincoln-Ladbrooks-Christchurch, and I found one patch of NZ blue butterflies. They were on flowering white clovers by the Halswell Junction motorway intersection, where I've seen them before.

NZ blues are essentially only found on the east coast of the South Island, having been displaced by the Australian grass blue from the rest of NZ. While their native broom host plants are rare in most places, their caterpillars can develop on clovers and lucernes, so we're lucky to still have these butterflies in parts of our cities and towns and farms.

Still, I only see them occasionally around the city. They seem like overgrown places with open rocky ground, and not our tidy, frequently mown city parks and gardens.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/332545570

#butterflies #Lepidoptera #nz #Zizina #Christchurch #nature

Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)
Butterfly 2025-29

Feeling slightly optimistic
About my pessimism

#butterfly #butterflies #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

#collage #artist #artistonmastodon #wildlife #nature #fairys #angel #junkjournal #junkjournalinspiration #creativity #CreateWithMe #artandcrafts #artandcraftsunday #butterflies

December in #Athens is beautiful.

(photo: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

#Greece #nature #wildlife #incects #butterflies #bumblebees

A watercolour and mixed media forest with white butterflies.
This original artwork is available in my Folksy shop...
https://folksy.com/find/item/8592717

#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#Forest #Butterflies #Watercolour #OriginalArt #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness

"Flowers still bloom"

With the sap of the flowers

that grow in my fields

and the flow of blood in my veins...

I build a shield around my life

I silence my voice,

I listen in stillness...

And now, my sorrows no longer hurt!

Life blesses me, and with wonder

I see Monarch butterflies

resting on my shoulders.

~Selah~

#poetry
#Spanish
#butterflies
#photography

"Todavía crecen flores"

Con la savia de las flores
que crecen en mis campos
y el fluir de la sangre de mis venas...
Construyo un escudo en mi vida
Silencio mi voz,
Escucho en quietud...
¡Y ya, ya no duelen mis penas!
Me bendice la vida y con asombro
Veo mariposas Monarcas
que reposan en mis hombros.
~Selah~
«Cultiva tu jardín
y las mariposas vendrán a ti»

via floresclandestinas

#poetry
#Spanish
#butterflies
#photography

When warning labels come in full color 🎨🧬: Malay red harlequin (Taxila haquinus), advertising unpalatability in unapologetically bold hues🟥🔵📡. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Insects #Butterflies #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

I photographed this Creon Skipper in El Valle de Antón, Panama, years ago. I later learned from a neotropical lepidopterist that it was the first known photograph of a living subspecies—the Lilliana Creon Skipper (Creonpyge creon lilliana).

To this day, it may still be the only photograph of this subspecies in existence. And while there are countless beautiful #butterflies in the world, this subspecies remains—at least to my eye—the most beautiful of them all.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Butterfly 2014-1

When things are good we soar
When things are bad we crawl
Just keep moving forward
And do the best good that can be done

#butterfly #butterflies #macro #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics