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
We end our series on sunflowers with an image of a butterfly on a sunflower, creating a beautiful representation of nature.
Butterfly on a Sunflower
Both annual and perennial forms of sunflowers are butterfly favorites for their big golden flowers. The symbolic connection between sunflowers, which symbolize happiness, and butterflies, which represent transformation, creates an enchanting picture of harmony and natural beauty. Butterflies are natural pollinators for flowers, including sunflowers.
Butterfly Eating Nectar on a Sunflower
Butterfly Seeking Nectar on a Sunflower
Also known as the paper kite butterfly, rice paper butterfly, large tree nymph, or in Australia the white nymph butterfly, it is a butterfly known especially for its presence in butterfly houses and live butterfly expositions. It has a wingspan of 12 to 14 cm. Here is one at Magic Wings Butterfly House, Durham, NC.
Julia butterflies are found (in the US) primarily in the southernmost parts of Florida and Texas. The host plant for Julia butterflies is passion vine. Here is one at Magic Wings Butterfly House in Durham, NC.
One of the most commonly found butterflies, the postman butterfly is known for its vivid coloration. There are twenty-nine identified subspecies, with many of them mimicking other species as an adaptive feature.
The postman butterfly, common postman or simply postman at the Magic Wings Butterfly House in Durham, NC. It gets its distinctive name because of its daily travel route, which is the same from day to day, from flower to flower, just like a postman on his route from postbox to postbox every day.
Our camera club visited Magic Wings Butterfly House at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, North Carolina. It is one of the largest butterfly houses on the entire East Coast and by far the biggest in North Carolina. Any visit here is sure to be an enchanted one spent gazing at the many species of butterflies, and even some animals.
A large butterfly sculpture near the garden at the entrance is appropriate. The 35-foot-tall see-through butterfly house is home to more than 50 different species of butterflies from all over the world.
A swallowtail butterfly lands on a rhododendron flower to taste the nectar at Roan Mountain Rhododendron Gardens, North Carolina
Butterflies are less efficient than bees at moving pollen between plants. Highly perched on their long thin legs, they do not pick up much pollen on their bodies and lack specialized structures for collecting it. However, they create a marvelous color combination of nature on this sunflower!
Beauties of Nature
A butterfly chooses a blooming sunflower ignoring the one yet to bloom
Wait Till You Blossom
A butterfly and flowers blend to create a color combination of nature
Nature’s Colors
Flowers and a butterfly create a colorful display of nature
Colors of Nature
Rose Parade – Butterfly
A colorful butterfly hugs a tree on one of the floats of the Rose Parade
Ecuador Amazon – Oileus Owl Butterfly
These butterfly species are known colloquially as Owl butterflies, due to the owl-like false eyes, and the feathery appearance of the underside wings.
Ecuador Amazon – A Glow in the Dark
A butterfly creates a nice glowing contrast against the background
Ecuador Amazon – Malachite Butterfly
The Malachite (Siproeta stelenes) is a neotropical brush-footed butterfly. The malachite has large wings that are black and brilliant green or yellow-green on the upper sides and light brown and olive green on the undersides. It is named for the mineral malachite, which is similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly’s wings.
Ecuador Amazon – Butterfly Colors
A blending of colors in the jungle
Ecuador Amazon – Butterfly Feeding on a Banana
A pair of butterflies feed on a banana at the sanctuary at Sacha Lodge
Ecuador Amazon – An Interesting Butterfly
The symmetrical patterns on this butterfly are interesting