“Mommy, are these butterflies mad at each other?”

They’re standing back to back!
Future butterflies! To photograph, as Carolyn points out below!
This pair chose a peony for their hour-or-longer “interlude”…

Confirmed at BAMONA as “Atalopedes campestris” or “Sachem”; http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/724443

Update. This image is on the BAMONA species page for this species, http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Atalopedes-campestris

A year ago (“Hey, how’s it goin’?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-06-26

[Chris]

Amazing & nice capture!

[Diana Nelson]

Such clarity...nice!

[ladyjane]

I wonder what's going through their little minds...

[Jennifer]

They must have had a domestic! Hehe. Great shot, brill focus.

[Lisa Pouncy]

Haha, they look like they're not talking xx

[Thom Mitchell]

@psychographer They're communicating perhaps (or "sharing"), but it's not so much "talking"... ;)

@jesperani Thanks very much, Jennifer!

@ladyjane We *do* wonder, don't we!

@dinelson Thanks, "Grandma"! ;)

@chrismarfil Thanks very much, Chris!

[Mike Llewellyn]

Theme for today...bug sex. Check out my post for today. What a coinky-dink.

[Kerri]

What an awesome capture

[Thom Mitchell]

@jaboney Well; where do we think baby ladybugs and butterflies come from, right?

@kerristephens Thanks, Kerri; I actually had a better series last week, but those were trumped for posting by something else that day.

[Rick Schies]

A lot happening there, great capture Thom

[Sue]

how funny..giving each each other the silent treatment

[Jean Tookey]

A brilliant capture. I saw a great deal of " communicating " going on at the butterfly centre I went to.

[Thom Mitchell]

@jtookey150 Thank you, Jean, and thanks for a good chuckle! I'll bet the butterfly centre was astonishing, amazing and you could have gone back for more!

[Carolyn White]

Making more butterflies to photograph! I'm sorry I've gotten behind on your pics. I'm not sure if these are duskywings. Several of the skippers look alike closed. I usually need to glimpse them open to ID. :0)

[Thom Mitchell]

@cjwhite Thanks for stopping by and commenting; I always appreciate your help and your willingness to help!