Peacock Butterfly

The buddleia is now starting to bloom & the butterflies love it (bees too) . They spend a lot of time with their wings up though, as I found when trying to photograph them. Only one wing can be seen displaying its beautiful colours. The focus though is spot on, so I thought I would use it anyway.

[Pat Knowles]

Gorgeous light & you can feel the heat of the sun….fave.

[Susan Wakely]

Lovely. Earning its title as the butterfly bush.

[Jacqueline]

Love the eyes on the wings!

[Diana]

Oh how beautiful, great shot and detail.

[LManning (Laura)]

This is a new one to me. Beautiful!

[KV]

What a brilliant butterfly.

[JackieR]

Nice and sharp

[Beryl Lloyd]

How lovely - I haven't checked my buddleia yet ! let alone see the butterflies ! - lovely shot !

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Judith Johnson]

Excellent, and always difficult to capture

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Lovely

[Esther Rosenberg]

Beautiful

[Shutterbug]

Love the light on the wing. Very nice capture of those details.

[Babs]

Excellent, the markings on his wings look like eyes watching you

[Boxplayer]

Lovely capture.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Valerie Chesney]

such a beauty..

[Kartia]

I really like the contrast of the light/dark of the wings!

[Phil Sandford]

Fabulous

[Kate]

Nice light on the butterfly wings

[Peter Byrne]

The purple flowers always seem to draw the bees and butterflys.

[Nina Ganci]

impressive timing and capture, the colours are amazing
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