Finally...

First one for me! Maybe I'll get a few more now that the butterfly bush is blooming. View large to see that tongue action motion! Heh!

[MaryBeth Dailey]

It is fun to see the first one! We had a bunch in March and April and now I can hardly find one...when I do see one, it is flying across some busy road! This is pretty!

[Meredith Jones]

Great capture. Congratulations on you first. What a beauty.

[Maggiemae]

How do you like my purple parachute? said the brown butterfly!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Yvonne]

Incredible capture.

[Sheila]

Now I want a butterfly bush! Gorgeous color!! Beautiful butterfly-tongue! :)

[Wendy Bowden]

Marvellous capture, you should be proud of this one. Beautiful

[eva]

Awesome capture! Wonderful colours and details. Gorgeous!!

[Janet]

Well done - first capture! The butterfly AND the flowers are lovely!

[Mags]

@espyetta Thank you, MaryBeth! Wow! I wonder where they've all gone?

@copperheadglass Thank you, Meredith! Appreciate your comments!

@maggiemae LOL! It's purple all right!

@kerristephens Thank you, Kerri!

@yonnie Thank you, Yvonne!

@swguevin LOL! Well, get you one! Thank you, Sheila!

@wenbow Thank you, Wendy! You are too sweet!

@redrucksack Really appreciate your kind comments, Eva! Thank you!

@janturnbull You are too kind, Janet! Thank you so much!

[Lisa]

Great capture! love the colours and detailing :)

[Kirsty]

Cool capture! I love the purple flowers too :)

[Gabrielle C]

Nice!! Love those flowers too :)

[Deb]

Beautiful capture! Love the bright butterfly bush and pretty butterfly :)

[samantha]

This is a lovely capture, i still haven't managed to catch one! =)

[Terry]

Just a tremendous shot, good color great detail .. Nicely done

[Binny]

Awesome!

[Mags]

@lizzy_lu123 Thank you very much, Lisa!

@munchkin84 Thank you, Kirsty! Appreciate your comments!

@gabsview Thank you, Gabrielle!

@deburahiru Aww! Thank you, Deb! Always appreciate your comments! xo

@mantha Ahh! But I know that you will! Thank you, Sam!

@sarasdadandmom Appreciate your lovely comments! Thank you, Terry!

[Mags]

@binny Thank you, Binny!

[Sharon Lee]

Fav… beautiful

[White Swan]

Hey, this is unbelievable!!!amazing!Sooooooooo beautiful mam!:-)

[Kathryn Marshall]

Pretty find and shot.

[BeckyS]

Beautiful! Great color and focus.

[Mags]

@sugarmuser Wow! Thank you for the fav, Sharon! Most appreciated!

@swan Thank you! Really appreciate your kind comments!

@daisy Thank you, Kathryn!

@beckys Thank you so much, Becky!

[Vicki Dixon]

yes!!!! fantastic!

[Mike Llewellyn]

Beautiful shot. The blossom color really stands out and contrasts with color of the butterfly. Nicely done.

[lorihiro]

What a tasty shot! Tongue action is so hard to capture--bravo to you! :-)

[Lora G]

I'll fly away....

[Livia]

So beautiful. Love your composition. And the colors are fantastic!

[Dione Giorgio]

Stunning closeup, Maggie.

[Sheri]

Wow! Amazing close up..love the vivid purple!

[Peter de Graaff]

Just hanging around

[Mary]

beautiful colors!

[Mags]

@vickisfotos Thank you, Vicki!

@jaboney Appreciate your lovely remarks! Thank you, Mike!

@lorihiro Thank you, Lori! Your comments are most appreciated!

@loragill Thank you, Lora!

@myautofocuslife I love your comments! Thank you, Livia!

@sangwann Thank you, Dione!

@groovygirlrn Thank you very much, Sheri!

@peterdegraaff Yes! Thank you, Peter!

[Mags]

@marybz Thank you, Mary!

[Sandra]

Wow!, great shot with stunning colors!

[Simply Amanda]

Wow, I love this! So amazing to get a butterfly shot, isn't it? Excellent flowers it is sucking from, too! So pretty!

[Mags]

@sanfil Thank you very much, Sandra!

@amandalomonaco Appreciate your lovely remarks, Amanda! Thank you!

[petra]

beautiful!

[Mags]

@petra Thank you!

[Jennifer]

beautiful capture! such a gorgeous flower and very cool how you caught the butterfly feeding off of it!

[Mags]

@litljen Such lovely comments! Thank you so much, Jennifer!

[Ron White]

BEAUTIFUL Mags!!

[Mags]

@ronphotos365 Thank you so much, Ron!

[mai ibraheem]

fantastic

[Mags]

@maioya Thank you, Mai!

[Thom Mitchell]

This one's a Silver-Spotted Skipper,
https://365project.org/tags/silver-spotted%20skipper

[Mags]

@rhoing Thank you! Will add to tags.