I see these pink flowers planted everywhere from
front yards to highway medians.
I don't know what they are, but I love the delicate
florets, grouped in bunches so the bees and butterflies*
may stand on them more easily.
may stand on them more easily.
And their coloration, while not bright, excites
my eyes with their fragile transitions
from light to deeper pink and their compliment,
a really sweet pale green.
*Corrected copy due to information received
from blogger who knows butterflies from moths.
I wasn't sure what it was, but thank you to
Shantaram, who did.
*Corrected copy due to information received
from blogger who knows butterflies from moths.
I wasn't sure what it was, but thank you to
Shantaram, who did.
3 comments:
Hello Sara: That's a beautiful picture! I think it is a butterfly, rather than a moth. I am not sure if it is one of the Ypthima genus or a pansy (also called a buckeye), of the Junonia genus. But I'm sure that it is not a moth and that the picture is lovely!
Hello, Shantaram, and thank you for visiting. Thanks for the compliment.
I don't know what it is, but I see it frequently on this kind of flower. I thought it was a butterfly, too, because it didn't have fuzzy "antlers," as I'd been told moths have. (As you can tell, I'm not an expert on these things) But it has a fuzzy body, unlike any butterfly I'd ever seen.
Two very good photos.
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