“The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.”
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Monarch Butterfly and a Butterfly Bush, Aug 2021
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Monarch Butterfly and a Butterfly Bush, Aug 2021
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Monarch Butterfly and a Butterfly Bush, Aug 2021
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Monarch Butterfly, Two Bumble Bees and a Butterfly Bush, Aug 2021
It struck me I’ve mostly made and shared photos of Bumble Bees on our long-blooming Butterfly Bush, so I thought I’d redeem the bushes name with a few photos of an actual Butterfly visiting. Both Butterflies and Bumble Bees share the bush, but I have seen times when it’s resulted in a bit of a conflict. Surprisingly, it’s usually the Butterfly that seems to win.
In the bottom right photo, I overlooked the second Bumble Bee in the bottom right corner until I’d imported the photo. I guess you could say I was photobombed. 😉
Note: The above quote made me think. Can you imagine if George Carlin was alive today what he would have to say about our current social situation? George had such a wonderful in-your-face way of pointing out the reality and stupidity of the obvious. Today his routine would have to be 8 hours long. 😂
I think you are quite right about Carlin having plenty to say about society today and can only imagine how he would handle the remote performance aspect.
Great photos from your butterfly bush!! And I know it takes a bit of patience because monarchs don’t seem to sit still for very long.
This particular Monarch was in constant motion made worst I think by competing Bumble Bees. Thanks, Mark!
Lovely images of the butterflies. I also like it when I discover something in the image I did not see when pressing the shutter. I like the phrase, “photobombed”.
Thanks, Monte. Sometimes I become so focus on what I think I see or what I expect to see that I miss all that is really there. A truism that extends beyond photography.