We went to to “Blooming Butterflies” yesterday at the Olbrich Gardens pavilion. A dozen types of butterflies were feeding on flower nectar within the conservatory.
Fuimos a la exhibición de Mariposas en flor ayer en pabellón del Jardín Olbrich. Una docena de tipos de mariposas bebieron el néctar de las flores del conservatorio.
Thank you, butterfly, for choosing a leaf with a perfect color contrast as a resting place.
Gracias a la mariposa por escoger para posar en una hoja con un contraste de color perfecto.
Welcome, butterflies!
¡Bienvenidas, mariposas!
This is part of Debbie’s Six Word Saturday and Cee’s Flower of the Day. Click on the challenge name for a picture show!
Parte de Seis palabras los sábados de Debbie’s Six Word Saturday y las Flores diarias de Cee. Haz un clic en los títulos anteriores para ver más fotos.
¡Olé! –Rebecca
#FOTD
Fake Flamenco 
That’s so beautiful!!
Love it.
What a peaceful share.
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Thanks, Devang. Glad you like the photos.
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The Orange butterfly doesn’t look real.
Is it real??
I’ve never seen such a beautiful butterfly.
We only have green ones here.
Seldom see black ones with blues dots
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The orange one is real! It is called a Dryas julia, or Julia for short. Just looks like a decoration on the leaf there. We are lucky to have a variety of butterflies in Madison, even swallowtails: https://fakeflamenco.com/2020/08/22/shy-to-fly-hither-and-nearby/
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I will definitely check this post.
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Thanks, Devang!
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Wowee, a geogeous photo with the Swallowtail butterfly 🦋
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Thanks, Suzette. I appreciate the compliment!
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Amazing! Not only is your photography divine, but you were also there at the right moment. Nice captures!
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Thanks, there were so many flowers for the butterflies to sample. I really lucked out in seeing them feed.
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A beautiful place.
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Thanks, Sadje. It is one of our perennial favorites.
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You’re welcome
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I hadn’t thought of how the contrast sets them off but you are right, it makes them so much easier to appreciate. Lovely!
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Thanks, Wynne. The model was quite cooperative!
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How lovely, Rebecca. There is a similar place in Scottsdale. 🦋
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I didn’t realize that, Michele. Thanks for the tip. I’ll put it on the itinerary next time I visit my relative there!
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A local treasure!
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So true! Both Olbrich and the butterflies. 🙂
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What fragile beauties!
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Yes, Rosaliene. Such amazing creatures!
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Lovely! I’m learning a lot about butterflies at the moment, taking part in a butterfly survey and census. I’m a bit of a novice though ..
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What a great experience! Will you post about it?
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Maybe .. at the end of the season. I’ve got no good photos though 😦
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Darn, too busy volunteering to be a shutterbug, I imagine.
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Uh-huh.
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Such beautiful butterflies! I love the butterfly house at Calloway Gardens. There you can also see the chrysalis. https://robertsnapspot.com/2020/11/05/throwback-thursday-change-must-come/
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Thanks, Robert. Glad there’s a place to get your butterfly fix near you as well. Thanks for the link.
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How beautiful and I learned something new, that mariposa means butterfly. The funeral home where my parents were taken care of is named Mariposa Gardens. 🙂
janet
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Thanks for your comments, Janet. Meaningful to find out butterfly was in the name of the location that took care of your parents at their end time; the final change.
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I love it when butterflies cooperate for photos! So happy you experienced that trip. I had a certain Silver-Spotted Skipper with tattered wings that was an awesome friend for a season! No joke! It (she?) came to sit with Murph and me upon a particular pepper plant’s leaf on the deck, and she flew to me, fluttering around my head with excitement every time we were spotted out there. Smarter than people think
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Me too. Thanks for your cool story, Dawn Renee!
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Heard there can be long waiting lines. Did you have to wait?
MaryG
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Hi Mary, weekdays there is hardly a line at all, at least there was not on Friday.
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Wow! Those butterfies are beautiful Striking contrast against the bright green leaves!
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Thank you for your kind comments!
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It must have been a treasure trip.
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We had a wonderful time. Thanks, Rupali!
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Butterflies, always so amazing 🙂
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Yes I so agree. Thanks, Hammad!
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