Pipevine Swallowtail

"Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay."

--Dalai Lama--thanks to Kate @k9photo who spotted this beauty in the pollinator garden outside the butterfly house @ Smith Gilbert Gardens. This was the first pipevine swallowtail I've ever seen. It was high up in a tree a distance away and its wings never seemed to stop fluttering.

[Kate]

You captured it wonderfully

[Phil Sandford]

Wow.

[Milanie]

Beautiful colors together

[Susan Wakely]

A lovely shade of Luke on the wings.

[Mags]

Outstanding capture!

[Joan Robillard]

GOrgeous capture

[Cazzi]

Beautiful!

[Granny7(Denise)]

Stunning colours

[LManning (Laura)]

Oh my gosh that blue! It's exquisite.

[Carole Sandford]

Another absolute beauty!

[gloria jones]

Stellar capture

[JudyG]

That is so beautiful

[Lynda McG]

Fab shot - fav

[Esther Rosenberg]

Gorgeous!

[Islandgirl]

What a beauty!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely shot and beautiful colors.

[Poppo Livy]

You're on a roll with the butterflies. Great shot

[Steve Mueller]

Very beautiful; love the colors.

[Cathy]

Beautiful!

[GaryW]

Wow! It almost looks gold!

[Jane Pittenger]

Love the blue

[Bill]

Those colors are amazing.

[Carrie Shepeard]

The detail and colors on this butterfly’s wings are stunning

[Taffy]

Stunning one! And it works well with the colorful flowers.

[Van]

Wow stunning capture. Love the flowers framing the butterfly.

[moni kozi]

Dear me! Those wings!

[Diana]

Such a magnificent capture of this beauty, the timing seems perfect too.

[Wylie]

sounds like a difficult capture, well done!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wowee! this is so good!

[haskar]

A wonderful capture. Great pov and colours.

[Peter Dulis]

lovely capture

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Margaret Brown]

Beautiful capture and focus

[Judith Johnson]

Wow, what a beautiful butterfly. Such unusual colouring

[Monique]

Beautiful colours

[Jennie B.]

Looks like you are doing a butterfly series, beautiful!