Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Orange Sulfer Butterfly


This female Orange Sulfer butterfly spent quite a while feeding on this particular California Giant Zinnia today.



Photos make it much easier to see the proboscis inserted into the actual flowers in the center of the composite bloom.




Here is a quick video...I wish you could more easily see the vigor with which this butterfly was feeding!

2 comments:

Robin Ripley said...

Love those butterflies! What a wonderful gift from the garden.

Carol Michel said...

I enjoy butterflies in the garden... floating flowers!