This Morning a Broad-banded Swallowtail Visited Our Potted Lemon Plant on the Patio — Images by kenne
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Broad-banded Swallowtail Visit Lemon Plant 2 comments
Southern Dogface # 7 Leave a comment
Southern Dogface # 7 — Image by kenne
The southern dogface is a common butterfly this time of year here in Tucson,
and they are especially attracted to the Mexican Bird of Paradise blossoms.
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.
— from 536. Ode Intimations of Immortality by William Wordsworth
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Great Western Swallowtail Butterfly 3 comments
Great Western Swallowtail Butterfly — Photo Essay by kenne
with one tail missing
the swallowtail stays on track
not missing a beat
— kenne
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Western Giant Swallowtail Leave a comment
Western Giant Swallowtail — Images by kenne
Swallowtail
a floating lightness
effortless Waving..
a particle transforming
black to yellow
then to thin air..
lighting on shrub
but not really..
energetic reminder
empty space
is not empty…
— CharlesC
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Great Purple Hairstreak Butterfly 2 comments
Great Purple Hairstreak Butterfly — Image by kenne
The great purple hairstreak, Atlides halesus (Cramer), is a fascinating butterfly. Although its preferred
and most frequently used common name is great purple hairstreak, it does not have any accurate purple
coloring. A few publications use the name great blue hairstreak, which is more appropriate.
I spotted this guy on our patio
— kenne
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Southern Dogface Butterfly Leave a comment
Southern Dogface Butterfly — Image by kenne
Life is so full of rough edges –
small tasks and expectations
that scratch you bloody
and remind you that
you’re naked and alone.
— Alexis Hall
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Butterfly & Flower — One Of My Favorite Past Images 1 comment
Butterfly & Flower (October 15, 2014) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Colors of summer
Brilliant under a blue sky
Attract butterflies.
— kenne
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Variegated Fritillary Butterfly — Ragged Around The Edges Leave a comment
Variegated Fritillary Butterfly, Ragged Around the Edges — Image by kenne
these wings are fragile
ragged around the edges
low erratic flight
— kenne
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Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly 1 comment
Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly On Mexican Bird of Paradice — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly Leave a comment
Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly (Tanuri Ridge) — Image by kenne
“Bring peace to your heart
And wings to your soul.”
— kenne
Pipevine Swallow on a Thistle (Sabino Canyon) — Image by kenne
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Echo Azure Butterflies — Image by kenne
“Flies January through September. Echo Azures (wingspan 19 – 32 mm) range from Southern British Columbia,
east to Montana, and south along the Pacific Coast to Baja California, using a wide variety of habitats
with woody host plants. Larvae feed on a variety of plants, including wild lilacs, California buckeye, and blackberries.
With multiple flights per year, adults are active from spring to fall, feeding on larval host plants as well as toyon,
cascara, and pussypaws.
Previously the Azures were considered one species, but taxonomists have recently begun
reclassification into multiple species. Originally listed in Park documents as Celastrina argiolus ladon,
the Common Azure of the West is now recognized as Celastrina echo.” — Source: inaturalist.org
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Empress Leilia 2 comments
Empress Leilia Butterfly — Image by kenne
I dreamed I was a butterfly,
flitting around in the sky;
then I awoke.
Now I wonder:
Am I a man
who dreamt of being a butterfly,
or am I a butterfly
dreaming that I am a man?
— Zhuangzi
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Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly Leave a comment
Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly — Image by kenne
“There was a young man who said though,
it seems that I know that I know,
but what I would like to see is the I
that knows me when I
know that I know
that I know.”
— Alan W. Watts
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Desert Orangetip Butterfly Art 1 comment
Desert Orangetip Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly,
but rarely admit the changes
it has gone through
to achieve that beauty.
— Maya Angelou
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Pipevine Swallowtail 3 comments
Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly On a Mexican Bird of Paradice. — Image by kenne
“When words become unclear,
I shall focus with photographs.
When images become inadequate,
I shall be content with silence.”
— Ansel Adams.
Becoming is Superior to Being 