Butterflies on Pumpkins

Butterflies are painted on pumpkins to bring color to the Butterfly Garden in Silvermont Park in Brevard

Yellow Butterflies Painted on Pumpkins

Painted Butterflies on White Pumpkins

Painted Butterflies on Pumpkins

Painted Butterflies on Black Pumpkins

Impressions of Butterflies on Pumpkins

Large Nymph on Flowers

The butterflies in the genus Idea are sometimes called Paper Butterflies or Tree Nymphs, because of their delicate, translucent wings. They boast a distinctive, graphic patterned appearance, veined and spotted with black markings. Here are these large nymph butterflies around flowers at Magic Wings Butterfly House, Durham, NC.

Large Tree Nymph
Butterfly Framed by Flowers

Flowers – Purple Coneflower

A native to the eastern United States, purple coneflowers are found in many flower gardens. Planting purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in the garden or flower bed draws bees and butterflies, ensuring that nearby plants have plenty of pollinators. Captured these in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

Purple Coneflower