In the Palm of My Hand by pasadenarose

In the Palm of My Hand

There was a butterfly on my car at work today. He was hanging on with all his might in the strong breeze. Every time the breeze would kick up, his wings would lay over sideways, but he hung on.
The time came when I had to get in and drive off, but he showed no signs of wanting to fly away. I snapped several pics and then gently shooed him on to my hand to re-locate him. He was fine with that move, so I snapped some more pics. Then I shooed him onto another car. Very calm little guy.
The pics I took when he was on the car came out better, but I liked the fact that I captured him on my hand, so there ya go.

Don't even know for sure if it's a butterfly. Could it be a moth?
Really nice details, cool idea to get some pics whilst he was on your hand.
November 11th, 2012  
Great shot....
November 11th, 2012  
Probably a butterfly because of the club like tip on the antenna. Terrific close up shot especially since he looks so tiny!
November 11th, 2012  
Looks like a butterfly and a great shot of it. How nice that it did not fly away. I do like it on your finger as I can tell that it is small.
November 13th, 2012  
Beautiful marks on the wings!
November 13th, 2012  
It's a butterfly. Looks like it's a Marine Blue.
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Leptotes+marina&guide=1

Scroll down to the bottom to see other photos of it.
November 16th, 2012  
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